information warfare

English

Noun

information warfare (uncountable)

1. The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
   • 2018, Carl Miller, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:

     And in each case, they spoke about how the old tools of information warfare—radio channels, television shows, leaflets, letters—have now been joined by digital tools that make it more powerful.

Synonyms

• infowar

Translations

use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent

• Arabic: حَرْب مَعْلُومَات f (ḥarb maʕlūmāt)
• Armenian: տեղեկատվական պատերազմ (teġekatvakan paterazm)
• Asturian: guerra de la información f
• Azerbaijani: informasiya müharibəsi
• Belarusian: інфармацы́йная вайна́ f (infarmacýjnaja vajná)
• Bulgarian: информацио́нна война́ f (informaciónna vojná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信息戰／信息战 (xìnxī zhàn), 資訊戰／资讯战 (zīxùnzhàn)

• Czech: informační válka f
• Dutch: informatieoorlog m
• Estonian: infosõda
• Finnish: informaatiosodankäynti (fi)
• French: guerre de l’information f, infoguerre (fr) f
• Galician: guerra de la información f
• German: Informationskrieg m
• Hebrew: לוחמת מידע
• Hindi: सूचना संग्राम (sūcnā saṅgrām)
• Italian: guerra dell'informazione f
• Japanese: 情報戦 (じょうほうせん, jōhōsen)
• Kazakh: ақпараттық соғыс (aqparattyq soğys)
• Korean: 정보전(情報戰) (jeongbojeon)
• Latvian: informācijas karš m
• Lithuanian: informacinis karas m
• Macedonian: информати́вна војна f (informatívna vojna)
• Mongolian: мэдээллийн дайн (medeelliin dajn)
• Norwegian: informasjonskrigføring
• Persian: جنگ اطلاعاتی (fa)
• Polish: wojna informacyjna f
• Portuguese: guerra da informação f
• Romanian: război informațional n
• Russian: информацио́нная война́ (ru) f (informaciónnaja vojná)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: информациони рат m, информацијски рат m

  Roman: informacioni rat m, informacijski rat m

• Slovak: informačná vojna f
• Slovene: informacijska vojna f, informacijsko bojevanje n
• Spanish: guerra de la información f, infoguerra f
• Turkish: bilgi savaşı
• Ukrainian: інформаці́йна війна́ f (informacíjna vijná)
• Uzbek: axborot urushi
• Vietnamese: chiến tranh thông tin