From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:

  information
       n 1: a message received and understood that reduces the
            recipient's uncertainty [syn: {info}]
       2: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;
          "statistical data" [syn: {data}]
       3: knowledge acquired through study or experience or
          instruction
       4: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the
          uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands
          of bits of information" [syn: {selective information}, {entropy}]
       5: formal accusation of a crime