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Information, in a
general sense, is processed,
organised and
structured data. It
provides context for data and
enables decision making. For example, a...
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Information technology (IT) is the use of
computers to create, process, store, and
exchange all
kinds of
electronic data and
information. IT is typically...
- An
information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical,
organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and
distribute information. From a sociotechnical...
- The
Information Age (also
known as the
Computer Age,
Digital Age, or New
Media Age) is a
historical period that
began in the mid-20th century, characterized...
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Information Security,
sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the
practice of
protecting information by
mitigating information risks. It is part of information...
- A
geographic information system (GIS) is a
conceptualized framework that
provides the
ability to
capture and
analyse spatial and
geographic data. GIS...
- In
probability theory and
information theory, the
mutual information (MI) of two
random variables is a
measure of the
mutual dependence between the two...
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Information overload (also
known as infobesity, infoxication,
information anxiety, and
information explosion) is the
difficulty in
understanding an issue...
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Information theory is the
scientific study of the quantification, storage, and
communication of
digital information. The
field was
fundamentally established...
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Information retrieval (IR) is the
process of
obtaining information system resources that are
relevant to an
information need from a
collection of those...
