| information gathering | the act of collecting information |
information warfare
IW | the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries, not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
| staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose, he walked with the help of a wooden staff |
| superhighway information superhighway | an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form |
information
selective information
entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome, the signal contained thousands of bits of information |
| information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
| information theory | (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing |
information technology
IT | the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information |
information science
informatics
information processing
IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
| information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
electronic database
on-line database
computer database
electronic information service | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers |
information
info | a message received and understood |
details
inside information | true confidential information, after the trial he gave us the real details |
| intelligence intelligence information | secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy), we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage |
tip
lead steer
confidential information
wind
hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
| insider information | important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public, use for personal profit is illegal |
| information bulletin | a bulletin containing the latest information |
staff
stave | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written |
| staff line | any of the horizontal marks comprising a staff |
treble clef
treble staff
G clef | a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff |
| information | formal accusation of a crime |
| staff | a rod carried as a symbol |
bread
breadstuff staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs | the executive agency that advises the President on military questions, composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps |
National Technical Information Service
NTIS | an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information |
staff
faculty | the body of teachers and administrators at a school, the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university |
Defense Technical Information Center
DTIC | the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors |
office
office staff | professional or clerical workers in an office, the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard |
| research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
| sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
| security staff | those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft |
service staff
maintenance staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
| headquarters staff | military staff stationed at headquarters |
| staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task, the hospital has an excellent nursing staff, the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions |
data
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |
half-mast
half-staff | a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
| chief of staff | the senior officer of a service of the armed forces |
staff member
staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
| staff officer | a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff |
| staff sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman st class in the Air Force |
ocotillo
coachwhip
Jacob's staff
vine cactus
Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
Celastraceae
family Celastraceae
spindle-tree family
staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
| staff tree | any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus |
bittersweet American bittersweet
climbing bittersweet
false bittersweet
staff vine
waxwork
shrubby bittersweet
Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |