information

n. knowledge, intelligence, data; act of providing knowledge; formal criminal charge presented by a public officer (Law)

Information is the result of processing, gathering, manipulating and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the receiver. In other words, it is the context in which data is taken.Information as a concept bears 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, mental stimulus, pattern, perception, and representation.
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Noun
1. a message received and understood
(synonym) info
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) ammunition
(derivation) inform
2. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"
(synonym) data
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) accounting data
(derivation) inform
3. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) datum, data point
(derivation) inform
4. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
(synonym) selective information, entropy
(hypernym) information measure
(classification) communications, communication theory
5. formal accusation of a crime
(hypernym) accusation, accusal

n. information, knowledge, intelligence, data

n. information, news, report, edition, enquiry, news item