info-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form and vowels in subsequent elements may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: information n.

Etymology: Shortened < information n.A number of formations, whether in combination with a complete word (see sense 1) or with combining forms or truncated parts of other words (see sense 2), could alternatively be interpreted as blend formations. Thus infomediary n. could alternatively be analysed as a blend of information n. and intermediary n. Compare similarly infoholic n., infostructure n. at sense 1, infopreneur n. at sense 2, etc.

1. Used attributively with complete words.

infocentre n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ˌsɛntə/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌsɛn(t)ər/

= information centre n. at information n. Compounds 1a.

ΚΠ

1942 Chicago Defender 14 Mar. 9/2 (heading) Va. college named war ‘info’ center.

2002 C. Genatios in G. Bertucci & M. Duggett Turning World 81 The infocentres..are not concentrated in the main cities, but in isolated regions, including jungles and even jails.

infoglut n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ɡlʌt/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌɡlət/

(the state of having) an excessive or overwhelming amount of information; cf. information overload n. at information n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1984 D. Gengle Netweaver's Sourcebk. i. 53 It [sc. the dissemination of scientific knowledge] also contributes to infoglut.

1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) ix. 278 No longer subjects of our own experience, we abandon ourselves to a cold and schizophrenic fascination with an infoglut he likens to a ‘microscope pornography of the universe’.

2005 Guardian 12 Mar. (Review section) 11/5 We are clearly all at sea in the foaming infoglut, and need structure to feel comfortable.

infographic n.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊˈɡræfɪk/

/ˌɪnfəˈɡræfɪk/

now chiefly Journalism a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data in an easily understandable form.In quot. 1979: spec. such an image generated by a computer.

ΚΠ

1979 É. de Grolier Organization Information Syst. for Govt. & Public Admin. 38 This explains the relevance of graphic semiology and ways of obtaining diagrams and maps from a computer (infographics).

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Jan. 29/1 Nigel Holmes..outlines the ideas behind the cartoonlike ‘infographics’ he creates for Time magazine.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 3 Sept. xiii. 8/2 The current issue features..an info-graphic on America's falling status in the world.

infoline n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfəʊlʌɪn/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌlaɪn/

a telephone service providing information, esp. one provided by a company to offer product information.

ΚΠ

1982 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 3/1 More information about Toronto and its autumn events is available from the Metro Toronto Convention & Visitors Bureau.., or by telephoning Infoline [etc.].

1990 PC Mag. (U.K. ed.) June 49 (advt.) For a Quattro Pro brochure and upgrade details call our product infoline.

2007 Liverpool (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 17 Dec. 66 For more information, phone the HomeWorld infoline.

infomania n.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊˈmeɪniə/

/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪniə/

excessive enthusiasm for the accumulation and dissemination of information.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination

infomania1975

1975 Washington Post 7 Dec. e5/2 (heading) [Above a list of reference books.] Infomania.

1989 Independent 30 Dec. 38/7 Infomania erodes our capacity for significance. With a mindset fixed on information, the attention span shortens.

2005 enRoute (Air Canada) Oct. 84/1 Hewlett-Packard..recently warned against..‘infomania’. It claimed that 62 percent of British adults are addicted to checking messages out of office hours and on vacation.

info-poor n. and adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfəʊˈpɔː/

/ˌɪnfəʊˈpʊə/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊˈpʊ(ə)r/

/ˌɪnfoʊˈpɔr/

(a) n. = information-poor n. and adj. (a) at information n. Compounds 2; (b) adj. = information-poor n. and adj. (b) at information n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxviii. 363 A potential nightmare facing high-tech governments derives from the split-up of populations in to [sic] the info-rich and the info-poor.

1992 Re: Writing Next Programs is Dead?! in comp.sys.next.programmer (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. I bought one a few months ago from OpAmp books in the States... Most of it was either too basic or not deep enough. It was info-poor, that's for sure.

1994 InterPress Service Newswire (Nexis) 8 Aug. Communications experts..debated whether the Information Age would help..close the global disparities between the ‘info-rich’ North and the ‘info-poor’ South.

1999 Social Text No. 60. 10 The info-poor and huddled masses are a spatial effect of technology and not merely those next in the queue to get on-line.

info-rich n. and adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfəʊˈrɪtʃ/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊˈrɪtʃ/

(a) n. = information-rich adj. and n. (b) at information n. Compounds 2; (b) adj. = information-rich adj. and n. (a) at information n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxviii. 363 A potential nightmare facing high-tech governments derives from the split-up of populations in to [sic] the info-rich and the info-poor.

1992 Re: CyberPunk Movie in alt.cyberspace (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Mar. Let's hope that more films come out to give VR the exposure it's due..but sensible, info-rich, and Disney-Free would be a refreshing change.

2000 Esquire July 141/3 Maybe the info-rich, as they come to spend their entire lives in a digital nowhere, will eventually let the real world go to hell, and the underclass will be left to pick over the remains.

infosphere n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)sfɪə/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌsfɪ(ə)r/

/ˈɪnfəˌsfɪ(ə)r/

the provision or movement of information, considered as a dynamic environment in which people live; the sphere of human activity concerned with the collection and processing of information, esp. by computer; cf. technosphere n. at techno- comb. form 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination > sphere of activity involved in

infosphere1970

1970 K. E. Boulding Econ. as Sci. i. 15 We can conceive each individual or group of individuals as a node in a global network of inputs and outputs of information, symbols, and language. This concept is particularly important because it is the ‘infosphere’, to coin a name for it, which is the prime creator of ‘human nature’.

1971 Time 12 Apr. 96/2 In much the way that fish cannot conceptualize water or birds the air, man barely understands his infosphere, that encircling layer of electronic and typographical smog composed of clichés from journalism, entertainment, advertising and government.

1980 A. Toffler Third Wave xiii. 181 A new info-sphere is emerging alongside the new techno-sphere.

2007 Information Today (Nexis) Apr. 36 Who would have thought that something as simple as a bookmark list could become a significant tool for navigating the vast reaches of today's infosphere?

infostructure n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ˌstrʌktʃə/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌstrək(t)ʃər/

/ˈɪnfəˌstrək(t)ʃər/

[ < info- comb. form + structure n., punningly after infrastructure n.] an organizational structure used for the collection and distribution of information; (now usually) the information technology infrastructure, comprising hardware, networks, applications, etc., used by a society, business, or other group; also as a mass noun.

ΚΠ

1974 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 412 70/1 It might be interesting to estimate and compare the resource costs of sustaining the economic ‘infostructures’ of market and nonmarket economies.

1991 W. Gibson in M. Benedikt Cyberspace (1993) 28 Once perfected, communication technologies rarely die out entirely; rather, they shrink to fit particular niches in the global info-structure.

2007 Business World (Nexis) 18 July ‘Infostructure’ is just as important as infrastructure in Ireland, it is the next phase of economic success.

info-war n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfəʊwɔː/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌwɔr/

(an instance of) information warfare; (also) a struggle for the possession or distribution of information; cf. information war n. at information n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1985 Def. & Foreign Affairs June 35 When we last looked at the subject of ‘Infowar’—the use of data banks to spread ambiguity in an enemy's mind..—it was by no means certain that the concepts would make it to reality.

1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxv. 320 Irangate became an info-war.

2002 Jack Sept. 121/1 The info-war after September 11 has thrown up all manner of claims and counter-claims centring chiefly on who knew what in advance.

2. In combination with other combining forms, or prefixed (in attributive or appositive relation) to truncated parts of words, esp. the latter parts.See also infoholic n., infomediary n., infotainment n.

infomercial n.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfəˈməːʃl/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfəˌmərʃ(ə)l/

/ˈɪnfoʊˌmərʃ(ə)l/

/ˌɪnfəˈmərʃ(ə)l/

/ˌɪnfoʊˈmərʃ(ə)l/

(also infommercial) [ < info- comb. form + -mercial (in commercial n.)] Broadcasting (originally and chiefly U.S.) an advertisement (esp. one shown on television) which promotes a product, service, etc., in an informative and purportedly objective style; = informercial n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of

news bulletin1857

news summary1875

police message1886

newsflash1904

headline1908

play-by-play1909

feature1913

spot ad1916

magazine1921

news1923

time signal1923

outside broadcast1924

radiocast1924

amateur hour1925

bulletin1925

serial1926

commentary1927

rebroadcast1927

school broadcast1927

feature programme1928

trailer1928

hour1930

schools broadcast1930

show1930

spot advertisement1930

spot announcement1930

sustaining1931

flash1934

newscast1934

commercial1935

clambake1937

remote1937

repeat1937

snap1937

soap opera1939

sportcast1939

spot commercial1939

daytimer1940

magazine programme1941

season1942

soap1943

soaper1946

parade1947

public service announcement1948

simulcasting1949

breakfast-time television1952

call-in1952

talkathon1952

game show1953

kidvid1955

roundup1958

telenovela1961

opt-out1962

miniseries1963

simulcast1964

soapie1964

party political1966

novela1968

phone-in1968

sudser1968

schools programme1971

talk-in1971

God slot1972

roadshow1973

trail1973

drama-doc1977

informercial1980

infotainment1980

infomercial1981

kideo1983

talk-back1984

indie1988

omnibus1988

teleserye2000

kidult-

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > [noun] > an advertisement

ad1799

advt.1801

advert1814

liner1901

advertorial1914

message1925

advertique1968

infomercial1981

1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 29 Jan. He said the system will utilize the ‘infomercial’—a sales pitch couched in information, much as oil companies and other major industries do with their institutional ads.

1984 Marketing & Media Decisions Feb. 112/2 We produced an infommercial for the Mustang. In a casual and believable manner, champion driver Rob McFarlin explained why Mustang was his car of choice.

1991 Time 17 June 71/3 The Federal Trade Commission has cracked down on a handful of infomercials for unsubstantiated claims.

2004 Independent on Sunday 18 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 27/3 You can purchase one from www.skyshop.tv, a company that airs those fascinating infomercials that one only ever watches at 4am when inebriated.

infonaut n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfənɔːt/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfəˌnɔt/

/ˈɪnfəˌnɑt/

[ < info- comb. form + -naut comb. form] Computing colloquial a (habitual or skilled) user of computers or information technology.

ΚΠ

1986 Economist 20 Dec. 101/2 (heading) Charting a course for infonauts.

1993 Wired Feb. 31/4 The Interpedia, as it will be known, is under construction by infonauts around the globe.

2003 Yukon News (Nexis) 16 Apr. 7 Canadian school boards and governments have been seduced by the siren call of the computer, with its promise to turn Dick and Jane into ‘Third Wave’ infonauts.

infopreneur n.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfə(ʊ)prəˈnəː/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnʊ(ə)r/

/ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnər/

/ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnʊ(ə)r/

/ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnər/

[ < info- comb. form + -preneur (in entrepreneur n.)] an entrepreneur who seeks to profit in business from the collection and dissemination of information, esp. in an electronic format; cf. technopreneur n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination > one who seeks to profit from

infopreneur1985

1985 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Aug. 174/1 Infopreneur (stylized). Weitzen, Harold F... Filed 2-1-1984.

1986 Economist 23 Aug. (High Technol. Suppl.) 15/2 American makers have used their knowhow to better commercial ends... Other countries—Britain and West Germany particularly—have been inexplicably making life as difficult as possible for their own infopreneurs.

2006 Jrnl. Contemp. Asia (Nexis) Mar. 102 Under this scheme..developers would provide rent-free space for new ‘infopreneurs’ for 3 years in return for 10% stakes in their businesses.

infopreneurial adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪnfə(ʊ)prəˈnəːrɪəl/

U.S.

/ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnʊriəl/

/ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnəriəl/

/ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnʊriəl/

/ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnəriəl/

of or relating to an infopreneur or infopreneurs.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] > seeking to profit from use of information

infopreneurial1986

1986 Economist 2 Aug. 16/1 To compete..in the infopreneurial revolution, GEC and other European high-tech businesses will have to pick their partners with an eye for technological strengths to plug their most serious weaknesses.

2005 M2 PressWIRE (Nexis) 25 Mar. By drawing on..his own info-preneurial instincts, Richard pioneered the idea of the Millionaire MBA.

infosec n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)sɛk/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌsɛk/

/ˈɪnfəˌsɛk/

[ < info- comb. form + sec- (in security n.), after information security n. at information n. Compounds 2] chiefly U.S. the protection of electronic information from unauthorized access or use; frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1987 Computer Security Act 1987: Hearings before U.S. House Representatives Govt. Operations Comm. (100th Congr., 1st Sess.) 282 Merging two formerly separate directorates—the Directorate for Communications Security and the Directorate for Computer Security—into a new organization, the Information Security (INFOSEC) Directorate.

2003 CSO Sept. 54/1 Better patching alone won't make information security work... Corporate infosec is a mess.

2006 G. McGraw Software Security ix. 226 Infosec pros come to the table with the..benefit of having watched and dissected years of attack data, built forensics tools, created profiles of attackers, and so on.

infotech n.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfə(ʊ)tɛk/

U.S.

/ˈɪnfoʊˌtɛk/

/ˈɪnfəˌtɛk/

[ < info- comb. form + tech- (in technology n.; compare later tech n.⁴), after information technology n.] = information technology n.; usually attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > [noun]

communications technology1941

communication technology1950

information technology1952

computer science1956

computery1960

cyberculture1963

computerdom1968

infotech1981

IT1982

society > computing and information technology > [adjective]

computerized1952

computational1956

digitalized1959

infotech1981

cyber1992

1981 Times 28 Aug. 19 (heading) Left behind in the ‘infotech’ race.

1985 Sunday Times 16 June 72/1 Silicon and the other basic building blocks of infotech.

1995 Guardian 24 Feb. i. 12/7 Mr Flynn will tell the conference to stop being ‘starry-eyed’ about the info-tech revolution.

2003 BusinessWeek 7 Apr. 41/2 With plenty of revenue from commercial customers, info-tech companies no longer needed to take their cues from the Pentagon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	info-
释义	info-comb. form Stress is often attracted to this combining form and vowels in subsequent elements may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: information n. Etymology: Shortened < information n.A number of formations, whether in combination with a complete word (see sense 1) or with combining forms or truncated parts of other words (see sense 2), could alternatively be interpreted as blend formations. Thus infomediary n. could alternatively be analysed as a blend of information n. and intermediary n. Compare similarly infoholic n., infostructure n. at sense 1, infopreneur n. at sense 2, etc. 1. Used attributively with complete words. infocentre n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ˌsɛntə/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌsɛn(t)ər/ = information centre n. at information n. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1942 Chicago Defender 14 Mar. 9/2 (heading) Va. college named war ‘info’ center. 2002 C. Genatios in G. Bertucci & M. Duggett Turning World 81 The infocentres..are not concentrated in the main cities, but in isolated regions, including jungles and even jails. infoglut n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ɡlʌt/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌɡlət/ (the state of having) an excessive or overwhelming amount of information; cf. information overload n. at information n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1984 D. Gengle Netweaver's Sourcebk. i. 53 It [sc. the dissemination of scientific knowledge] also contributes to infoglut. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) ix. 278 No longer subjects of our own experience, we abandon ourselves to a cold and schizophrenic fascination with an infoglut he likens to a ‘microscope pornography of the universe’. 2005 Guardian 12 Mar. (Review section) 11/5 We are clearly all at sea in the foaming infoglut, and need structure to feel comfortable. infographic n. Brit. /ˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊˈɡræfɪk/ , /ˌɪnfəˈɡræfɪk/ now chiefly Journalism a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data in an easily understandable form.In quot. 1979: spec. such an image generated by a computer. ΚΠ 1979 É. de Grolier Organization Information Syst. for Govt. & Public Admin. 38 This explains the relevance of graphic semiology and ways of obtaining diagrams and maps from a computer (infographics). 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Jan. 29/1 Nigel Holmes..outlines the ideas behind the cartoonlike ‘infographics’ he creates for Time magazine. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 3 Sept. xiii. 8/2 The current issue features..an info-graphic on America's falling status in the world. infoline n. Brit. /ˈɪnfəʊlʌɪn/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌlaɪn/ a telephone service providing information, esp. one provided by a company to offer product information. ΚΠ 1982 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 3/1 More information about Toronto and its autumn events is available from the Metro Toronto Convention & Visitors Bureau.., or by telephoning Infoline [etc.]. 1990 PC Mag. (U.K. ed.) June 49 (advt.) For a Quattro Pro brochure and upgrade details call our product infoline. 2007 Liverpool (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 17 Dec. 66 For more information, phone the HomeWorld infoline. infomania n. Brit. /ˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊˈmeɪniə/ , /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪniə/ excessive enthusiasm for the accumulation and dissemination of information. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination infomania1975 1975 Washington Post 7 Dec. e5/2 (heading) [Above a list of reference books.] Infomania. 1989 Independent 30 Dec. 38/7 Infomania erodes our capacity for significance. With a mindset fixed on information, the attention span shortens. 2005 enRoute (Air Canada) Oct. 84/1 Hewlett-Packard..recently warned against..‘infomania’. It claimed that 62 percent of British adults are addicted to checking messages out of office hours and on vacation. info-poor n. and adj. Brit. /ˌɪnfəʊˈpɔː/ , /ˌɪnfəʊˈpʊə/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊˈpʊ(ə)r/ , /ˌɪnfoʊˈpɔr/ (a) n. = information-poor n. and adj. (a) at information n. Compounds 2; (b) adj. = information-poor n. and adj. (b) at information n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxviii. 363 A potential nightmare facing high-tech governments derives from the split-up of populations in to [sic] the info-rich and the info-poor. 1992 Re: Writing Next Programs is Dead?! in comp.sys.next.programmer (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. I bought one a few months ago from OpAmp books in the States... Most of it was either too basic or not deep enough. It was info-poor, that's for sure. 1994 InterPress Service Newswire (Nexis) 8 Aug. Communications experts..debated whether the Information Age would help..close the global disparities between the ‘info-rich’ North and the ‘info-poor’ South. 1999 Social Text No. 60. 10 The info-poor and huddled masses are a spatial effect of technology and not merely those next in the queue to get on-line. info-rich n. and adj. Brit. /ˌɪnfəʊˈrɪtʃ/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊˈrɪtʃ/ (a) n. = information-rich adj. and n. (b) at information n. Compounds 2; (b) adj. = information-rich adj. and n. (a) at information n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxviii. 363 A potential nightmare facing high-tech governments derives from the split-up of populations in to [sic] the info-rich and the info-poor. 1992 Re: CyberPunk Movie in alt.cyberspace (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Mar. Let's hope that more films come out to give VR the exposure it's due..but sensible, info-rich, and Disney-Free would be a refreshing change. 1994 InterPress Service Newswire (Nexis) 8 Aug. Communications experts..debated whether the Information Age would help..close the global disparities between the ‘info-rich’ North and the ‘info-poor’ South. 2000 Esquire July 141/3 Maybe the info-rich, as they come to spend their entire lives in a digital nowhere, will eventually let the real world go to hell, and the underclass will be left to pick over the remains. infosphere n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)sfɪə/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌsfɪ(ə)r/ , /ˈɪnfəˌsfɪ(ə)r/ the provision or movement of information, considered as a dynamic environment in which people live; the sphere of human activity concerned with the collection and processing of information, esp. by computer; cf. technosphere n. at techno- comb. form 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination > sphere of activity involved in infosphere1970 1970 K. E. Boulding Econ. as Sci. i. 15 We can conceive each individual or group of individuals as a node in a global network of inputs and outputs of information, symbols, and language. This concept is particularly important because it is the ‘infosphere’, to coin a name for it, which is the prime creator of ‘human nature’. 1971 Time 12 Apr. 96/2 In much the way that fish cannot conceptualize water or birds the air, man barely understands his infosphere, that encircling layer of electronic and typographical smog composed of clichés from journalism, entertainment, advertising and government. 1980 A. Toffler Third Wave xiii. 181 A new info-sphere is emerging alongside the new techno-sphere. 2007 Information Today (Nexis) Apr. 36 Who would have thought that something as simple as a bookmark list could become a significant tool for navigating the vast reaches of today's infosphere? infostructure n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)ˌstrʌktʃə/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌstrək(t)ʃər/ , /ˈɪnfəˌstrək(t)ʃər/ [ < info- comb. form + structure n., punningly after infrastructure n.] an organizational structure used for the collection and distribution of information; (now usually) the information technology infrastructure, comprising hardware, networks, applications, etc., used by a society, business, or other group; also as a mass noun. ΚΠ 1974 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 412 70/1 It might be interesting to estimate and compare the resource costs of sustaining the economic ‘infostructures’ of market and nonmarket economies. 1991 W. Gibson in M. Benedikt Cyberspace (1993) 28 Once perfected, communication technologies rarely die out entirely; rather, they shrink to fit particular niches in the global info-structure. 2007 Business World (Nexis) 18 July ‘Infostructure’ is just as important as infrastructure in Ireland, it is the next phase of economic success. info-war n. Brit. /ˈɪnfəʊwɔː/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌwɔr/ (an instance of) information warfare; (also) a struggle for the possession or distribution of information; cf. information war n. at information n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1985 Def. & Foreign Affairs June 35 When we last looked at the subject of ‘Infowar’—the use of data banks to spread ambiguity in an enemy's mind..—it was by no means certain that the concepts would make it to reality. 1990 A. Toffler Powershift v. xxv. 320 Irangate became an info-war. 2002 Jack Sept. 121/1 The info-war after September 11 has thrown up all manner of claims and counter-claims centring chiefly on who knew what in advance. 2. In combination with other combining forms, or prefixed (in attributive or appositive relation) to truncated parts of words, esp. the latter parts.See also infoholic n., infomediary n., infotainment n. infomercial n. Brit. /ˌɪnfəˈməːʃl/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfəˌmərʃ(ə)l/ , /ˈɪnfoʊˌmərʃ(ə)l/ , /ˌɪnfəˈmərʃ(ə)l/ , /ˌɪnfoʊˈmərʃ(ə)l/ (also infommercial) [ < info- comb. form + -mercial (in commercial n.)] Broadcasting (originally and chiefly U.S.) an advertisement (esp. one shown on television) which promotes a product, service, etc., in an informative and purportedly objective style; = informercial n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > [noun] > an advertisement ad1799 advt.1801 advert1814 liner1901 advertorial1914 message1925 advertique1968 infomercial1981 1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 29 Jan. He said the system will utilize the ‘infomercial’—a sales pitch couched in information, much as oil companies and other major industries do with their institutional ads. 1984 Marketing & Media Decisions Feb. 112/2 We produced an infommercial for the Mustang. In a casual and believable manner, champion driver Rob McFarlin explained why Mustang was his car of choice. 1991 Time 17 June 71/3 The Federal Trade Commission has cracked down on a handful of infomercials for unsubstantiated claims. 2004 Independent on Sunday 18 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 27/3 You can purchase one from www.skyshop.tv, a company that airs those fascinating infomercials that one only ever watches at 4am when inebriated. infonaut n. Brit. /ˈɪnfənɔːt/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfəˌnɔt/ , /ˈɪnfəˌnɑt/ [ < info- comb. form + -naut comb. form] Computing colloquial a (habitual or skilled) user of computers or information technology. ΚΠ 1986 Economist 20 Dec. 101/2 (heading) Charting a course for infonauts. 1993 Wired Feb. 31/4 The Interpedia, as it will be known, is under construction by infonauts around the globe. 2003 Yukon News (Nexis) 16 Apr. 7 Canadian school boards and governments have been seduced by the siren call of the computer, with its promise to turn Dick and Jane into ‘Third Wave’ infonauts. infopreneur n. Brit. /ˌɪnfə(ʊ)prəˈnəː/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnʊ(ə)r/ , /ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnər/ , /ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnʊ(ə)r/ , /ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnər/ [ < info- comb. form + -preneur (in entrepreneur n.)] an entrepreneur who seeks to profit in business from the collection and dissemination of information, esp. in an electronic format; cf. technopreneur n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > enthusiasm for accumulation or dissemination > one who seeks to profit from infopreneur1985 1985 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Aug. 174/1 Infopreneur (stylized). Weitzen, Harold F... Filed 2-1-1984. 1986 Economist 23 Aug. (High Technol. Suppl.) 15/2 American makers have used their knowhow to better commercial ends... Other countries—Britain and West Germany particularly—have been inexplicably making life as difficult as possible for their own infopreneurs. 2006 Jrnl. Contemp. Asia (Nexis) Mar. 102 Under this scheme..developers would provide rent-free space for new ‘infopreneurs’ for 3 years in return for 10% stakes in their businesses. infopreneurial adj. Brit. /ˌɪnfə(ʊ)prəˈnəːrɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnʊriəl/ , /ˌɪnfoʊprəˈnəriəl/ , /ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnʊriəl/ , /ˈɪnfoʊprəˌnəriəl/ of or relating to an infopreneur or infopreneurs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] > seeking to profit from use of information infopreneurial1986 1986 Economist 2 Aug. 16/1 To compete..in the infopreneurial revolution, GEC and other European high-tech businesses will have to pick their partners with an eye for technological strengths to plug their most serious weaknesses. 2005 M2 PressWIRE (Nexis) 25 Mar. By drawing on..his own info-preneurial instincts, Richard pioneered the idea of the Millionaire MBA. infosec n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)sɛk/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌsɛk/ , /ˈɪnfəˌsɛk/ [ < info- comb. form + sec- (in security n.), after information security n. at information n. Compounds 2] chiefly U.S. the protection of electronic information from unauthorized access or use; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1987 Computer Security Act 1987: Hearings before U.S. House Representatives Govt. Operations Comm. (100th Congr., 1st Sess.) 282 Merging two formerly separate directorates—the Directorate for Communications Security and the Directorate for Computer Security—into a new organization, the Information Security (INFOSEC) Directorate. 2003 CSO Sept. 54/1 Better patching alone won't make information security work... Corporate infosec is a mess. 2006 G. McGraw Software Security ix. 226 Infosec pros come to the table with the..benefit of having watched and dissected years of attack data, built forensics tools, created profiles of attackers, and so on. infotech n. Brit. /ˈɪnfə(ʊ)tɛk/ , U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌtɛk/ , /ˈɪnfəˌtɛk/ [ < info- comb. form + tech- (in technology n.; compare later tech n.⁴), after information technology n.] = information technology n.; usually attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [noun] communications technology1941 communication technology1950 information technology1952 computer science1956 computery1960 cyberculture1963 computerdom1968 infotech1981 IT1982 society > computing and information technology > [adjective] computerized1952 computational1956 digitalized1959 infotech1981 cyber1992 1981 Times 28 Aug. 19 (heading) Left behind in the ‘infotech’ race. 1985 Sunday Times 16 June 72/1 Silicon and the other basic building blocks of infotech. 1995 Guardian 24 Feb. i. 12/7 Mr Flynn will tell the conference to stop being ‘starry-eyed’ about the info-tech revolution. 2003 BusinessWeek 7 Apr. 41/2 With plenty of revenue from commercial customers, info-tech companies no longer needed to take their cues from the Pentagon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1942
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