informate

See also: infórmate

English

Etymology

Coined by Shoshana Zuboff in 1988, from information, modelled on automate.

Verb

informate (third-person singular simple present informates, present participle informating, simple past and past participle informated)

1. (uncommon) To use information technology in a production process or an organization to translate activities and events into shareable information.
   • 1988, Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, New York: Basic Books, page 390:

     The duality of information technology—its capacity to automate and to informate—provides a vantage point from which to consider these choices.

   • 2001, Richard Stivers, Peter Stirk, Technology as Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 186:

     Whether modern organizations turn in the direction of an automated or informated workplace, the use of information systems allows information to assume a normative cast.

Further reading

• informating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Esperanto

Adverb

informate

1. present adverbial passive participle of informi

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

informate

1. inflection of informare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

informate f pl

1. feminine plural of informato

Anagrams

• antiforme

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) īnfōrmāte

1. vocative masculine singular of īnfōrmātus