Information : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Information	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
information n a message received and understood [syn: information, info] knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction formal accusation of a crime a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data" Synonym(s): data, information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" Synonym(s): information, selective information, entropy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Information \In`forma"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. informatio representation, cinception. See {Inform}, v. t.] 1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence. The active informations of the intellect. --South. 2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. 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 offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See {Indictment}.