information

Summary

information ranks in the top 0.0077% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,297 views/month, #6 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• information is a type of abstract entity^[2].
• information's Commons category is recorded as Information^[3].
• information's has cause is recorded as raw data^[4].
• information's has cause is recorded as signal^[5].
• information's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information^[6].
• information's Commons gallery is recorded as Information^[7].
• information's described at URL is recorded as http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/240000-244999/242859/norma.htm^[8].
• information's described at URL is recorded as http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000-279999/277216/norma.htm^[9].
• information's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia^[10].
• information's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4^[11].
• information's has contributing factor is recorded as accuracy and precision^[12].
• information's used by is recorded as information curation^[13].
• information's used by is recorded as informetrics^[14].
• information's has effect is recorded as knowledge^[15].
• information's has characteristic is recorded as information quality^[16].
• information's has characteristic is recorded as information form^[17].
• information's has characteristic is recorded as qualitativeness^[18].
• information's different from is recorded as Information^[19].
• information's different from is recorded as information^[20].
• information's studied by is recorded as information science^[21].
• information's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[22].
• information's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• information's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computer Science^[24].
• information's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[25].
• information's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Cognitive science^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

information is a type of abstract entity^[2].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include information curation^[13] and informetrics^[14].

Influence

Things named for information include .info^[27], a generic top-level domain^[28], founded in 2001^[29]; whistleblower^[30], an occupation^[31]; and geographic information^[32].

Why It Matters

information ranks in the top 0.0077% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,297 views/month, #6 of 77,819).^[1] information has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] information is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for information include .info^[27], a generic top-level domain^[28], founded in 2001^[29]; whistleblower^[30], an occupation^[31]; and geographic information^[32].