| 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 |
| meteorological balloon | a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions |
| 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 |
weather satellite
meteorological satellite | a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below |
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 |
| 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 |
World Meteorological Organization
WMO | the United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data |
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 |
meteorological observation post
weather station | one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded |
domestic partner
significant other
spousal equivalent
spouse equivalent | a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship |
| information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
significant digit
significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty, any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value), he calculated the answer to four significant figures |
| meteorological conditions | the prevailing environmental conditions as they influence the prediction of weather |
| 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 |
significant
substantial | fairly large, won by a substantial margin |
meaning(a)
pregnant
significant | rich in significance or implication, a meaning look |
significant
important | important in effect or meaning, a significant change in tax laws, a significant change in the Constitution, a significant contribution, significant details, statistically significant |
| significant | too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation, the interaction effect is significant at the .level, no significant difference was found |
meteorologic
meteorological
meteoric | of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions, meteorological factors, meteorological chart, meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena |