information

noun

1. a message received and understood

Similar word(s): info

Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance

2. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

Definition categories: thought, cognition, knowledge, noesis

3. formal accusation of a crime

Definition categories: communication, accusal, accusation

4. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

Similar word(s): data

Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

5. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

- the signal contained thousands of bits of information

Similar word(s): entropy

Definition categories: attribute