topic collection
Information
that which informs; the answer to a question; that from which knowledge can be derived
80 entities
33 domains
Academic_Discipline
17mass media
Intangible
means of public communication intended to convey information and other content to large audiences
geographic information system
Intangible
spatial data information systems
library science
Class
collection and organization of information in libraries
information science
Class
field primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information
uncertainty
Intangible
situation which involves imperfect and/or unknown information, regarding the existing state, environment, a future outcome or more than one possible outcomes
business intelligence
Class
strategies, technologies, and practices used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information to support strategic decision-making
mass communication
Intangible
mass media information exchange
oral history
Intangible
historical discipline of the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews
geoinformatics
Class
application of information science methods in geography, cartography, and geosciences
health informatics
Class
discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care
information literacy
Intangible
set of abilities to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information
library and information science
Class
professional training program merging of the two fields library science and information science
visual communication
Intangible
communication of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon
digital preservation
Class
formal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible, trustworthy, and usable
communication theory
Intangible
field of information theory and mathematics that studies the technical process of information
information economics
Intangible
branch of microeconomic theory that studies how information affects economics
combinatorial game theory
Class
branch of game theory about two-player sequential games with perfect information
Business
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Hewlett-Packard
Organization
American information technology company
Fujitsu
Organization
Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company
Compaq
Organization
American information technology company
Thomson Reuters
Organization
Canadian multinational information conglomerate (2008-)
HP Inc.
Organization
American information technology company
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Organization
American information technology company
Dow Jones & Company
Organization
American publishing and financial information company
Trend Micro
Organization
Japanese information security company
HCL Technologies
Organization
information technology consulting, outsourcing services and software development company
Hacking Team
Organization
Milan-based information technology, security company
Human
8Claude Shannon
Person
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
Richard Hamming
Person
American mathematician and information theorist (1915–1998)
Eugene Kaspersky
Person
Russian specialist in the information security field
Ted Nelson
Person
American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist
Charles H. Bennett
Person
American physicist, information theorist and IBM Research fellow
Eugene Garfield
Person
American information and library scientist (1925–2017)
Ralph Hartley
Person
American electronics researcher and information theorist (1888–1970)
Elizabeth J. Feinler
Person
American information scientist (born 1931)
Studies
5Internet privacy
Class
personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via Internet
data modeling
Class
(in software engineering) process of creating a data model for an information system by applying certain formal techniques
legal informatics
Class
information science by discipline
computational neuroscience
Class
study of brain function in terms of the information processing properties of the structures that make up the nervous system
professional secrecy
Class
legal or ethical duty of certain professionals to protect confidential information obtained in the course of their professional activity from unauthorized disclosure
Branch_Of_Science
4information technology
Class
development, management, and use of computer-based information systems
telecommunications
Thing
electronic transmission of information between locations
information theory
Thing
mathematical theory from the field of probability theory and statistics
knowledge representation and reasoning
Class
field of artificial intelligence on representing information in a form that a computer system can use to solve complex tasks
Practices
4computer memory
Class
physical device used to store information for immediate use in a digital electronic device
display device
Class
output device for presentation of information in visual form
output device
Class
type of computer hardware device that transmits information from the computer to the user
non-volatile random-access memory
Class
random-access memory that retains its information when power is turned off (non-volatile),in contrast to dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and static random-access memory (SRAM), which both maintain data only for as long as power is applied
Field_Of_Study
3
wireless communication
Thing
transfer of information or power that does not require the use of physical wires
information privacy
Class
appropriate collection, use and dissemination of personal data in products and services, as well as their protection and related legal and political issues
information extraction
Class
automatically extracting structured information from un- or semi-structured machine-readable documents, such as human language texts
