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zoon informatikon

As a modern spinoff of Aristotle's "Zoon Politikon", it designates not the "political animal" (the human as a being that yearns for social interaction), but the "informational animal" (the human yearning for knowledge).
William Gibson's vision of the Zoon Informatikon may seem more and more relevant each day, but hasn't become reality so far.
by brandnerd October 7, 2010
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Extraphysical Information

Extraphysical information is the information of the state of an extraphysical system. It is the basic entity of study in extraphysical information theory, and can be manipulated using extraphysical information processing techniques. Extraphysical information refers to both the technical definition in terms of extraphysical entropy and the general computational term. Extraphysical information is still considered as being a hypothetical and theoretical field of study and it's considered as an essential part for the development of extraphysical computing and extraphysical technologies.
"Extraphysical information will be really useful for the development of extraphysical computing and extraphysical technologies such as for the understanding of extraphysical mind and of how extraphysical mechanics actually work."
by Full Monteirism May 8, 2021
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Manipal Information Security Team

A club with a very good board and an even better ManComm and the best Working Comm.
That club is a Manipal Information Security Team.
by UTUBCWH November 30, 2021
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commonwealth of information

A generic term for the vast resources of information democratically available in the digital, social networked and crowd sourced era.
"Wikis are an example of interactive databases made possible by the commonwealth of information."
by chetmo September 5, 2011
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hate speech or people's personal information.

The exact thing people aren't allowed to put in the urban dictionary.
UD - "Share definitions that other people will find meaningful and never post hate speech or people's personal information."
Me - "Hell nah."
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P.S.I. (Private Stripper Information)

Information about exotic dancers not privy to anyone other than other exotic dancers.

Including but not limited to Names. ages, gender, number of children, education, etc.
You should probably consult with a "P.S.I. (Private Stripper Information)" expert before you have sex with Skye.
by Dept. Daniels, (P.S.I.) Agent. January 10, 2010
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Informatics

An academic field, basically the same thing as computer science, it's a compound word of 'Information' and 'Mathematics'. Mostly used in europe.

Informatics cover a broad spread of topics, in general it is about data storage, procession and transmission. While it is a science on it's own, it can also be viewed as a meta science much like mathematics for the process of information gathering and processing taking place in all academic fields.

Has the advantage over the term "computer science" that people don't confuse it with learning how to operate a computer.
"So uh, you study computer science?"
"It's called Informatics!"
"What's the difference?"
"Not much really, just the fact that Informatics doesn't have all too much to do with computers- just like computer science."
"Huh?"
" 'Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.'

-- Edsger W. Dijkstra"
by Baal'Zebul March 14, 2011
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