information held by banks, credit agencies, or other financial institutions about people who are considered bad credit risks
visual or textual cues provided on a website to suggest what information it or its links may contain
the mathematical study of the coding of information in the form of sequences of symbols, impulses, etc., and of how rapidly such information can be transmitted, e.g., through computer circuits or telecommunications channels
positive information about a person’s creditworthiness held by a bank or similar institution
the genetic potential of an organism carried in the base sequence of its DNA (or, in some viruses, RNA) according to the genetic code
the proliferation of the availability of information and the accompanying changes in its storage and dissemination owing to the use of computers
the study of processes for storing and retrieving information, especially scientific or technical information
the study or use of systems (especially computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information
a computerized information-processing system designed to support the activities of company or organizational management
a computer program functioning as an address book, organizer, calendar, etc.
an extensive electronic network such as the Internet, used for the rapid transfer of information such as sound, video, and graphics
a theorem defining the maximum capacity of a communication channel to carry information with no more than an arbitrary error rate, given the bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio