The process of creating information model.

plural of information science

An abstract but formal representation of entities including their properties, relationships and the operations that can be performed on them.

(US, law, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.

The current era, characterised by the increasing importance and availability of information (especially by means of computers), as opposed to previous eras (such as the Industrial Age) in which most endeavours related to some physical process or product.

The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access and disruption.

(information science) The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand-alone databases or hypertextually-networked databases such as the World Wide Web.

A condition in which all relevant information is known to all parties involved. For example, in the stock market, stock information has a full public disclosure, and all investors are in the same position to share information.

The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results.

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