information

1. A message received and understood (synset 106646883)
   is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
   subtypes:

   • ammunition - information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
   • factoid - something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
   • misinformation - information that is incorrect
   • material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
   • details, inside information - true confidential information
   • fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
   • data format, data formatting, format, formatting - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
   • gen - informal term for information
   • database - an organized body of related information
   • intelligence, news, tidings, word - information about recent and important events
   • news - informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone
   • nuts and bolts - detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished
   • intelligence, intelligence information - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
   • update - information or data that updates
   • confirmation - information that confirms or verifies
   • 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
   • arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group
   • secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
   • propaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
   • course of study, curriculum, program, programme, syllabus - an integrated course of academic studies
   • news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
   • evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
   • read-out, readout - the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device
   • tabular matter, tabulation - information set out in tabular form
   • skinny - confidential information about a topic or person
   • stuff - information in some unspecified form
   • report, report card - a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
   same as: info
2. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction (synset 105824413)
   is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
   subtypes:

   • data point, datum - an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
   • acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiarity - personal knowledge or information about someone or something
   • fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
   • example, illustration, instance, representative - an item of information that is typical of a class or group
   • circumstance, condition, consideration - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
   • background, background knowledge - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
   • descriptor - a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
   • evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
   • predictor - information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
   • tip-off - inside information that something is going to happen
   • input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
3. Formal accusation of a crime (synset 107252221)
   is a type of: accusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
4. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn (synset 108479331)
   "statistical data"
   is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
   subtypes:

   • accounting data - all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable
   • metadata - data about data
   • raw data - unanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis
   same as: data
5. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome (synset 105098731)
   "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
   referred to in: communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
   is a type of: information measure - a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information
   same as: entropy, selective information

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