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From Old French informacion (French: information), from Latin informatio, from informare.
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information (usually uncountable; plural informations)
- (uncountable) Things that are or can be known about a topic
- I need some more information about this issue.
- (uncountable) Data that have been processed into a format that is understandable by its intended audience.
- And as you can see in this slide, we then take the raw data and convert it into information.
- (uncountable) A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber: see 411.
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
- (countable, US, law) A sworn statement by an authorized official filed in court briefly describing the nature of each charge against a suspect, tantamount to an indictment but without the involvement of a grand jury.
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[edit] French
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information f. (plural informations)
- information
- news, a piece of information
- Tous les jours, il regarde la télé le midi pour suivre les informations.
- Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir.
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- (information): renseignement
- (a piece of information): nouvelle
