INFORMATION

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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 (perhaps formally) of that which may be sensed, or their abstractions. Any natural process that is not completely random and any observable pattern in any medium can be said to convey some amount of information. Whereas digital signals and other data use discrete signs to convey information, other phenomena and artifacts such as analogue signals, poems, pictures, music or other sounds, and currents convey information in a more continuous form.[1] Information is not knowledge itself, but the meaning that may be derived from a representation through interpretation.

The concept of information is relevant or connected to various concepts, including constraint, communication, control, data, form, education, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, proposition, representation, and entropy.

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 (perhaps formally) of that which may be sensed, or their abstractions. Any natural process that is not completely random and any observable pattern in any medium can be said to convey some amount of information. Whereas digital signals and other data use discrete signs to convey information, other phenomena and artifacts such as analogue signals, poems, pictures, music or other sounds, and currents convey information in a more continuous form.[1] Information is not knowledge itself, but the meaning that may be derived from a representation through interpretation.

The concept of information is relevant or connected to various concepts, including constraint, communication, control, data, form, education, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, proposition, representation, and entropy.

There isn't one single universally accepted term for anything that gives information. However, here are some options depending on the context:

Source: This is a general term for something that provides information. It can refer to a person, a document, an object, or even an event.
Data source: This term is more specific and refers to something that provides raw data, which can then be used to extract information.
Information source: This term is similar to source but emphasizes the information aspect.
Informative: This is an adjective that describes something that provides information.
Indicator: This term refers to something that suggests or reveals information about something else.
The best term to use will depend on the specific situation. Here are some examples:

If you are talking about a person who tells you something, you might call them a source or an informative person.
If you are talking about a document that contains data, you might call it a data source or an informative document.
If you are talking about a piece of evidence that suggests something is true, you might call it an indicator.

ENGLISH			ETYMOLOGY
argument	argumentum	diafonía	arguō (“I prove or demonstrate”, “I assert or allege”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument”, “medium”, “result of”)
article	articulus	árthro	Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division) Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right, etc.”)
assignment	assignment	ANATHESI ERGASIAS
credential	credential	pistopoiitikó	crēdō (“loan, confide in, trust, believe”). , credentia
data	data	dedoména	Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give”).
doctrine	doctrina	dógma	Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”)
hypothesis	hypothesi	ypóthesi	from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).
inference	consequentia	sympérasma	Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”)
information	informationes	pliroforíes	From in- +‎ fōrmō (“I form, make”).
mention	mentionem	anaféro	From mēns (“mind”) +‎ -iō.
news	nuntium	Néa	acronym of North, East, West, South
paragraph	paragrapho	parágrafos	Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
premise	praemissa	proüpóthesi	Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).
proposition	propositio	prótasi	From prō- +‎ pōnō (“put, place”). (position )
protocol	protocol	protókollo	from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).
statement	dicitur	dílosi	from stare (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status.
theorem	theorema	theórima	from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “I see, look”).