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information overload

information overload noun: the inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results.

Noun

information overload (uncountable)

  1. The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results.
    • One of the men who has pioneered in information studies, Dr. James G. Miller, director of the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan, states flatly that “Glutting a person with more information than he can process may . . . lead to disturbance.” He suggests, in fact, that...1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 314
    • Some news executives attribute this youthful apathy to information overload and the explosion of media options.1990 March 9, Richard Zoglin, “The Tuned-out Generation”, in Time

information overload meaning in Tamil

information overload in Tamil

தகவற் சுமை

Synonyms of information overload

Origin of information overload

Popularized by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock (1970).

Questions about information overload

What does information overload mean?
Information overload means the inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results.
What is information overload in Tamil?
Information overload in Tamil is தகவற் சுமை. See Information overload meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is information overload?
Information overload is a noun.

Words near information overload in the dictionary

  1. information market
  2. information markets
  3. information model
  4. information modeling
  5. information models
  6. information overload
  7. information processing
  8. information radiator
  9. information retrieval
  10. information scent
  11. information scents

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