Dictionary definition(s) for: information

• n., An assemblage of data intended for communication either through space or across time.
• n., A message or knowledge which has been voluntarily or involuntarily conveyed.
  [ Archives - "Select List of Archival Terminology." ]
  School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. "Select List of Archival Terminology." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/Archival_Terminology.pdf.
• n., All ideas, facts, and imaginative works of the mind which have been communicated, recorded, published and/or distributed formally or informally in any format.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science ]
  The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. Edited by Heartsill Young and Terry Belanger. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983.
• n., An accusation exhibited against a person for some criminal offense, without indictment.
  [ Archives - Black's Law Dictionary ]
  Black's Law Dictionary. 8th ed. Edited by Bryan A.Garner and Henry Campbell Black. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2004.
• n., An aggregate of data meant for communication.
  [ Archives - MCRI 412-2001 InterPARES 2 Detailed Proposal Forum , Page: 1 ]
  Duranti, Luciana. "International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES): Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records. Project Proposal." InterPARES 2. http://interpares.org/display_file/InterPARES_2_detailed_proposal.pdf".
• n., An assemblage of data in a comprehensible form capable of communication.
  [ General Dictionaries - The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project , Page: 360 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, ed. The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
• n., Data presented in readily comprehensible form to which meaning has been attributed within the context of its use. In a more dynamic sense, the message conveyed by the use of a medium of communication or expression.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) ]
  Reitz, Joan M. ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science . Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. http://lu.com/odlis/.
• n., Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance.
  [ General Dictionaries - Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary ]
  Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary. New York: Gramercy Books, 1989.
• n., Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction.
  [ General Dictionaries - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., Recorded data.
  [ Archives - Dictionary of Archival Terminology ]
  Dictionary of Archival Terminology. 2nd rev. ed. Edited by Peter Walne. New York: K.G. Saur, 1988.
• n., Recorded data. Examples include: writing on a sheet of paper; the dyes on a photographic still; the sound in the grooves of a disc; the binary digits forming an E-Mail message.
  [ Arts - A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds - Glossary ]
  Boston, George, and Milton Keynes, eds. Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage: A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds. Paris: UNESCO, 1998. Also available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001126/112676eo.pdf.