[D66] Information overload (1967)

A.O. jugg at ziggo.nl
Thu Apr 13 18:35:27 CEST 2017


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information (n.) Look up information at Dictionary.com
     late 14c., informacion, "act of informing, communication of news," 
from Old French informacion, enformacion "advice, instruction," from 
Latin informationem (nominative informatio) "outline, concept, idea," 
noun of action from past participle stem of informare "to train, 
instruct, educate; shape, give form to" (see inform). The restored Latin 
spelling is from 16c.

     Meaning "knowledge communicated concerning a particular topic" is 
from mid-15c. The word was used in reference to television broadcast 
signals from 1937; to punch-card operating systems from 1944; to DNA 
from 1953. Information theory is from 1950; information technology is 
from 1958 (coined in "Harvard Business Review"); information revolution, 
to be brought about by advances in computing, is from 1966. Information 
overload is by 1967.

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