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noun in·for·ma·tion \ˌin-fər-ˈmā-shən\

: knowledge that you get about someone or something : facts or details about a subject

: a service that telephone users can call to find out the telephone number for a specified person or organization

Full Definition of INFORMATION

1
:  the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence
2
a (1) :  knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction (2) :  intelligence, news (3) :  facts, data
b :  the attribute inherent in and communicated by one of two or more alternative sequences or arrangements of something (as nucleotides in DNA or binary digits in a computer program) that produce specific effects
c (1) :  a signal or character (as in a communication system or computer) representing data
(2) :  something (as a message, experimental data, or a picture) which justifies change in a construct (as a plan or theory) that represents physical or mental experience or another construct
d :  a quantitative measure of the content of information; specifically :  a numerical quantity that measures the uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment to be performed
3
:  the act of informing against a person
4
:  a formal accusation of a crime made by a prosecuting officer as distinguished from an indictment presented by a grand jury
in·for·ma·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-nəl\ adjective
in·for·ma·tion·al·ly adverb
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First Known Use of INFORMATION

14th century

Related to INFORMATION

Other Telecommunications Terms

Ethernet, intercept

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INFORMATION Defined for Kids

information

noun in·for·ma·tion \ˌin-fər-ˈmā-shən\

Definition of INFORMATION for Kids

:  knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction :  facts or details about a subject

Synonym Discussion of INFORMATION

information, knowledge, and learning mean what is or can be known. information may be used of a collection of facts gathered from many places. <The book has a lot of information about baseball.> knowledge is used for facts and ideas acquired by study, observation, or experience. <She has a knowledge of birds.> learning is used of knowledge acquired by long and careful study. <The learning of a lifetime is in that book.>
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