Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the interpretation...

Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages and data and information processing...

The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital...

Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was originally established by...

Information security, sometimes shortened to infosec, is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information...

Business information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From...

A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...

Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant...

Personal data, also known as personal information or personally identifiable information (PII), is any information related to an identifiable person. The...

Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation...