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• Information revolution — The term information revolution (sometimes called also the information al revolution ) describes current economic, social and technological trends. Many competing terms have been proposed that focus on different aspects of this societal trend.The …   Wikipedia

• Information pollution — is the spread of superfluous, useless or harmful information via the internet or other communications mediums. There are many aspects of information pollution. Information overload Anchor|Information overload Information overload refers to the… …   Wikipedia

• Information — as a concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning,… …   Wikipedia

• Information economy — is a defined term that an economy with an increased emphasis on informational activities and information industry. The vagueness of the term has three major sources. First, not surprisingly, there is no agreed upon definition regarding the… …   Wikipedia

• Information communication technology — Information and Communications Technology or technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information. The term is sometimes used in preference to Information Technology (IT),… …   Wikipedia

• information — late 14c., act of informing, from O.Fr. informacion, enformacion information, advice, instruction, from L. informationem (nom. informatio) outline, concept, idea, noun of action from pp. stem of informare (see INFORM (Cf. inform)). Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

• Information society — For other uses, see Information society (disambiguation). The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the… …   Wikipedia

• Revolution in Military Affairs — The military concept of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a theory about the future of warfare, often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for change in the United States military and others. Especially tied to… …   Wikipedia

• Information Age — A visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet. The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Digital Age, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer… …   Wikipedia

• Information superhighway — The information superhighway was a popular term used through the 1990s to refer to digital communication systems. It is associated with Al Gore. [http://www.netvalley.com/cgi bin/intval/net history.pl] DefinitionsThere are a number of definitions …   Wikipedia