information

(noun) a message received and understood. Synonyms: info.

(noun) knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.

(noun) formal accusation of a crime.

(noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn. Synonyms: data. Examples: "Statistical data."

(noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome. Synonyms: selective information, entropy. Examples: "The signal contained thousands of bits of information."