infoglut

Noun

infoglut (uncountable)

1. information overload
   • Most of us are not fortunate enough to be associated with large universities or government institutions, which are staffed with battalions of professionally trained reference librarians working in magnificient libraries equipped with terminals, printers, modems, and access to the huge (and costly)...1984 June 12, R. E. Van Patten, Marjo Maxwell, “A Scientific Database: Conquering Infoglut”, in Bill Machrone, editor, PC Magazine, volume 3, number 11, New York: Ziff Davis, →ISSN, page 349
   • Dateline:1995. New York. The Organization of Information Producing Nations met today in New York, in an attempt to deal with what it described as the current infoglut. According to information industry analyst Don Jorak, “Information providers have flooded the market with cheap, easily accessible...1991, Kenneth M. Sheldon, Byte Magazine, page 388