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1: the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence2 a
(1): knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction
(2): intelligence
, news
(3): facts
, data b: the attribute inherent in and communicated by one of two or more alternative sequences or arrangements of something (as nucleotides in DNA or binary digits in a computer program) that produce specific effects c
(1): a signal or character (as in a communication system or computer) representing data
(2): something (as a message, experimental data, or a picture) which justifies change in a construct (as a plan or theory) that represents physical or mental experience or another construct d: a quantitative measure of the content of information
; specifically : a numerical quantity that measures the uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment to be performed3: the act of informing against a person4: a formal accusation of a crime made by a prosecuting officer as distinguished from an indictment presented by a grand jury
— in·for·ma·tion·al
\-shnəl, -shə-nəl\
adjective
— in·for·ma·tion·al·ly adverb
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