infostructure
noun
An organizational structure used for the collection and distribution of information; (now usually) the information technology infrastructure, comprised of hardware, networks, applications, etc., used by a society, business, or other group; also as a mass noun.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. From info- + structure, punningly after infrastructure.
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt
- take stock
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair
- take the chequered flag
- take the chill off
- take the count
- take the easy way out
- take the edge off
- take the fall
- take the field
- take the floor
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
- take the King's (or Queen's) shilling
- take the King's shilling
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the liberty
- take the long view
- take the mound