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 |
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 |
transcription written text | something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation |
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 |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
text | the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.), pictures made the text easier to understand |
machine-displayable text | electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image |
machineeadable text | electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats |
electronic text | text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen |
textbook text text edition schoolbook school text | a book prepared for use in schools or colleges, his economics textbook is in its tenth edition, the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy |
sacred text sacred writing religious writing religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
text file document | (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters |
ASCII text file | a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting |
information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
text editor | (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files |
text-matching | a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text, Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text |
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 |
text | a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon, the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon |
information | formal accusation of a crime |
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 |
Defense Technical Information Center DTIC | the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors |
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 |
data information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |
copy editor copyreader text editor | an editor who prepares text for publication |
information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
messenger RNA mRNA template RNA informational RNA | the template for protein synthesis, the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell |
information age | a period beginning in the last quarter of the th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks |
informational | relating to or having the nature of information |