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information

noun
/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/UK/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/US/ˌɪn.fəˈmæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Late Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Late Latin fōrma Late Latin fōrmō Late Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivalent to inform + -ation.

  1. derived from īnfōrmātiō
  2. derived from information
  3. derived from informacioun
  4. inherited from enformacioun

Definitions

  1. Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and…

    Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.

  2. Things that are or can be known about a given topic

    Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

    • I need some more information about this issue.

  3. The act of informing or imparting knowledge

    The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

    • For your information, I did this because I wanted to.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate

      A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

      • 'We have another deposition, doctor, to take; Mr. Irons, here, is prepared to swear informations of very singular importance.'
      • On May 21, 1792, the Attorney General filed an information against Paine charging him with seditious libel.

    2. The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge

      The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

    3. The systematic imparting of knowledge

      The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.

    4. The creation of form

      The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.

    5. The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its…

      The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.

    6. Divine inspiration.

      • But there was no information, and so we continued And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon

    7. A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.

    8. Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.

    9. The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw…

      The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.

    10. Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

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Derived

advermation, aesthetic information, Akaike information criterion, bioinformation, black information, chief information officer, counterinformation, cyberinformation, disinformation, esthetic information, Fisher information, flight information region, for your information, freedom of information, FYI, geographic information science, geographic information system, geoinformation, hyperinformation, info, infobesity, infocommunications, infodemic, infoganda, infohazard, infomediary, infomercial, informational, information and communications technology, information arbitrage, information assurance, information deficit model, information design, information desk, information drive, information engine, information entropy, information fatigue, information fatigue syndrome, information float · +52 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at information. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at information. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at information

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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