knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
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formal accusation of a crime
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a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
<noun.group> statistical data
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
<noun.attribute> the signal contained thousands of bits of information
Information \In`for*ma"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See {Inform}, v. t.] 1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
The active informations of the intellect. --South.
2. Any fact or set of facts, knowledge, news, or advice, whether communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; any datum that reduces uncertainty about the state of any part of the world; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Larger opportunities of information. --Rogers.
He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle. --Swift.
3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See {Indictment}.
4. (Information Theory) A measure of the number of possible choices of messages contained in a symbol, signal, transmitted message, or other information-bearing object; it is usually quantified as the negative logarithm of the number of allowed symbols that could be contained in the message; for logarithms to the base 2, the measure corresponds to the unit of information, the hartley, which is log210, or 3.323 bits; called also {information content}. The smallest unit of information that can be contained or transmitted is the bit, corresponding to a yes-or-no decision. [PJC]
5. (Computers) Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information. [PJC]
From January 3 the channel will broadcast European Money Wheel, five hours of business news and information on weekday mornings.
Their failure to share information is more than a bureaucratic tangle.
Meanwhile, Mr. Walsh's staff is evaluating how it will gather information it needs from President Reagan.
The ban interferes with the gathering and reporting of truthful and significant information about the political process on election day, the network argued in federal court papers.
The government first acknowledged the Hanford problems publicly in 1986, although much information about radiation releases there is still classified as secret.
Saunders obtained the information from former Navy procurement official George G. Stone, who pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme, and passed it along to defense consultant Thomas E. Muldoon.
"Never before in the history of American criminal law has a court granted the prosecution such a one-sided bonanza of information about the defense case," lawyers Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. and Barry S. Simon said in the pleading filed Monday.
On Thursday, the mine owner, Anglo-American Corp., announced that a fourth miner had been found dead underground, but gave no further information.
But the question in some money managers' minds is whether Eberstadt took enough trouble to verify its potentially damaging information about TPA.
Most of the data, though, is generated on the plant floor and the key is to be able to get hold of it quickly and flexibly. For example, all incoming components from suppliers are barcoded, and the information is downloaded into the database.
People need people, a national strategy for the requirement, and the opportunities, for volunteers was introduced on Monday by Ken Bruce, and continued through the week by him and others with helpful information.
The offering circular shows the company's annual profit at $19 million on sales of $100 million, according to investment bankers and consultants who are familiar with the information.
If trusts for which they are trustees or income beneficiaries are included, they control roughly 47%, according to company documents and information from Mrs. Fink.
Coordination is to extend to zones of operation, task sharing, logistical support and information exchanges, according to a final communique.
It quoted him as saying his information for the story came from a politician with extremely good royal connections who had correctly tipped him the previous year that Princess Margaret, the queen's sister, would get a divorce.
The increase in operating income reflects gains in linage and circulation at the company's business and community publications, plus continued strong revenue growth from the information services segment.
About half the work involves culling information from American Airlines' tickets; the rest is from other companies such as insurance concern Equicorp, which uses the company to type in health claims information.
About half the work involves culling information from American Airlines' tickets; the rest is from other companies such as insurance concern Equicorp, which uses the company to type in health claims information.
The intrepid Maxwell finally succeeded on the third try, getting the venerable publishing and information services giant for $2.5 billion in early November.
"Subscribers can receive Time publications whose ads have information geared specifically towards them," says Bruce Judson, the magazine group's director of marketing, who spearheaded the program under Mr. Elliman.
Gudeman said he provided the information but hasn't received a reply.
SEC Chairman David S. Ruder told a Senate subcommittee today that his agency has asked Swiss authorities to provide information on trades emanating from that country that the SEC believes involved Lee.
"Did you understand you were committing a crime when you traded on inside information from Dennis Levine?," asked Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Gilbert.
Two executives of Tokyo Aircraft Instrument Co. resigned from their managerial posts because one of their subordinates allegedly sold information to Soviet officials between April 1986 and July 1987, a company spokesman said.
In some countries, the use of non-public information to profit in the financial markets is perfectly acceptable.
Mr. Boskin notes that deregulation of many American industries in the 1970s and 1980s obliterated the reporting of reams of information to regulatory agencies.
Much of the information has been received by the previous crew via facsimile machine or computer, so the hotline's contents are largely synchronous with newspaper and television reports.
The VOA is a major source of information for millions of Chinese seeking information other than news reported by the tightly controlled domestic press.
The VOA is a major source of information for millions of Chinese seeking information other than news reported by the tightly controlled domestic press.
Mr. Bilzerian later made another bid of $17 in cash plus $4 in preferred, after signing a standstill agreement in exchange for a look at non-public company information.