information

information (Old French)

enformation (English)

informacioun (Anglo-Norman)

enformacion (Middle English)

information (English)

(Christianity) Divine inspiration. [from 15th c.]. (IT industry jargon) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message). [from late 20th c.]. (computing) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.. (legal) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform [...]