INFORMATION


Meaning of INFORMATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-fər-ˈmā-shən ]

noun

Date: 14th century

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-n ə l adjective

• in·for·ma·tion·al·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.