| 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 |
subject
content
depicted object | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation, a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject |
| 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 |
heat content
total heat
enthalpy
H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure, enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work |
information
selective information
entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome, the signal contained thousands of bits of information |
| average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
content
cognitive content
mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
| average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average
norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
| 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 |
content word
openlass word | a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned |
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 |
message
content
subject matter
substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
| latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream |
information
info | a message received and understood |
details
inside information | true confidential information, after the trial he gave us the real details |
Dow Jones
Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
| 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 |
| information | formal accusation of a crime |
earned run average
ERA | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness, calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched |
grade point average
GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
| content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something, he emptied the contents of his pockets, the two groups were similar in content |
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 |
| information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
capacity
content | the amount that can be contained, the gas tank has a capacity of gallons |
| content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. |
batting average
hitting average | (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance, the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat, Ted Williams once had a batting average above . |
| batting average | (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds, the salesman's batting average was out of |
| fielding average | (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance, the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances |
| average | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities |
contentedness
content | the state of being contented with your situation in life, he relaxed in sleepy contentedness, they could read to their heart's content |
| 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 |
average
average out | compute the average of |
| content | satisfy in a limited way, He contented himself with one glass of beer per day |
| content | make content, I am contented |