Information Algebra
Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language. Language Structure
Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962. Sammet 1969, 709.
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Information and Communication Technology
<education> (ICT) The study of the technology used to handle information
and aid communication. The phrase was coined by [?] Stevenson in his 1997 report
to the UK government and promoted by the new National Curriculum documents for
the UK in 2000.
http://rubble.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/stevenson/ICTUKIndex.html.
(2000-11-06)
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Information Appliance
<hardware> (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks
and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the
device's enclosure.
[How does this differ from a PDA?]
(1998-02-24)
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Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
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Information Innovation
A group of companies with offices in Amsterdam and New York which acts as an
information filter for the World-Wide Web. They analyse what happens in the Web
community and organise the Web's information so that it is accessible and
efficient to use.
Information Innovation provides:
"The Management Guide" - a guide for managers in the information age. The Guide
consists of 22 parts, each concentrating on a particular technology or issue
facing managers. Topics range from Artificial Intelligence and
Telecommunications to Finance and Marketing. Each part contains references to
additional valuable information, including CD ROMs, conferences, magazines,
articles and books.
"The Hypergraphic Matrix" - a "hypergraphic" matrix of 250 graphics discussing
the interrelationships between technology, change, business functions and
specific industries.
"Dictionary" - the largest Internet dictionary on management and technology.
"The Delphi Oracle" - a comprehensive guide to the latest management ideas and
issues. Over 500 articles and books have been read, analysed, rated and
catalogued.
"Management Software" - a guide to software which is useful to managers. Both
Web software, Internet software and commecial products are included in this
guide.
"The Web Word" - an information service about the Web. It includes a regular
newsletter and databases about Web resources, news, interviews with Web
personalities and, of course, the most comprehensive guide to sites.
"Web Bibliography" - a guide to the latest Web information printed. Over 150
articles, magazines, market research reports and books are catalogued.
"The Power Launch Pad" - our own list of useful sites on the Web. Also includes
links to our own lists of special subjects such as Finance, Telecommunications,
Manufacturing, Technology and so forth.
http://www.euro.net/innovation/WelcomeHP.html. E-mail:
<innovation@euronet.nl>.
(1994-10-27)
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information island
<jargon> A body of information (i.e. electronic files) that needs to be
shared but has no network connection.
(1995-03-16)
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Information Management
The planning, budgeting, control and exploitation of the information resources
in an organisation. The term encompasses both the information itself and the
related aspects such as personnel, finance, marketing, organisation and
technologies and systems. Information Managers are responsible for the
coordination and integration of a wide range of information handling activities
within the organisation. These include the formulation of corporate information
policy, design, evaluation and integration of effective information systems and
services, the exploitation of IT for competitive advantage and the integration
of internal and external information and data.
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Information Management System
<database> (IMS, IMS/VS, IMS/ESA) A database system from IBM consisting
of IMS/Data Base and IMS/Data Communications.
(1999-01-11)
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information overload
<jargon> When a person feels unable to read all the information that is
presented or available to them, particularly where they need to make decisions
based on that information but can't because there is just too much to take in in
the time available.
(2005-01-09)
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Information Processing Language
(IPL) Said to be the first list-processing language, also the first language to
support recursion. Written by Allen Newell, J.C. Shaw and H. Simon at Carnegie
ca. 1956. It was very low level.
Versions: IPL-I (never implemented), IPL-II (1957 for JOHNNIAC), IPL-III
(existed briefly), IPL-IV, IPL-V (1958, for IBM 650, IBM 704, IBM 7090, many
others. Widely used), IPL-VI.
[Sammet 1969, pp. 388-400].
["Information Processing Language-V Manual", A. Newell ed, P-H 1965].
(1994-11-04)
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Information Resource Management
(IRM) A philosophical and practical approach to managing government information.
Information is regarded as a valuable resource which should be managed like
other resources, and should contribute directly to accomplishing organisational
goals and objectives. IRM provides an integrated view for managing the entire
life-cycle of information, from generation, to dissemination, to archiving
and/or destruction, for maximising the overall usefulness of information, and
improving service delivery and program management.
IRM views information and Information Technology as an integrating factor in the
organisation, that is, the various organisational positions that manage
information are coordinated and work together toward common ends. Further, IRM
looks for ways in which the management of information and the management of
Information Technology are interrelated, and fosters that interrelationship and
organisational integration.
IRM includes the management of (1) the broad range of information resources,
e.g., printed materials, electronic information, and microforms, (2) the various
technologies and equipment that manipulate these resources, and (3) the people
who generate, organise, and disseminate those resources. Overall the intent of
IRM is to increase the usefulness of government information both to the
government and to the public.
[Gary D. Blass et al. "Finding Government Information: The Federal Information
Locator System (FILS)", Government Information Quarterly, JAI Press, Inc.,
Greenwich, Connecticut. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 11-32. 1991].
(1995-11-12)
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information superhighway
<communications> (Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name coined by US
Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the emerging high-speed global
communications network capable of carrying voice, data, video, and other
services around the world. These services use satellite, copper cable, optical
fibre, cellular telecommunications, and are accessible via set-top boxes or
suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)
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Information Systems Factory
(ISF) An equivalent to an SEE.
[Simultaneous Engineering Environment or Software Engineering Environment?]
(2000-12-30)
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Information Technology
<business, jargon> (IT) Applied computer systems - both hardware and
software, and often including networking and telecommunications, usually in the
context of a business or other enterprise. Often the name of the part of an
enterprise that deals with all things electronic.
The term "computer science" is usually reserved for the more theoretical,
academic aspects of computing, while the vaguer terms "information systems" (IS)
or "information services" may include more of the human activities and
non-computerised business processes like knowledge management. Others say that
IT includes computer science.
(2000-10-02)
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Information Technology Infrastructure Library
(ITIL) A method of organising the system and network management departments of
large organisations. ITIL defines the (work) processes involved and the
interfaces between them.
(1995-06-27)
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