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information warfare

information warfare noun: the use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.

Noun

information warfare (uncountable)

  1. The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
    • And in each case, they spoke about how the old tools of information warfare—radio channels, television shows, leaflets, letters—have now been joined by digital tools that make it more powerful.2018, Carl Miller, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    infowar

information warfare meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

information warfare in Hindi

use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
सूचना संग्राम sūcnā saṅgrām

information warfare in Arabic

use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
حَرْب مَعْلُومَات ḥarb maʕlūmāt

information warfare in Persian

use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
جنگ اطلاعاتی

information warfare in Vietnamese

use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
chiến tranh thông tin

Synonyms of information warfare

Questions about information warfare

What does information warfare mean?
Information warfare means the use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
What is information warfare in Hindi?
Information warfare in Hindi is सूचना संग्राम (sūcnā saṅgrām). See Information warfare meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is information warfare?
Information warfare is a noun.

Words near information warfare in the dictionary

  1. information technology bubble
  2. information technology bubbles
  3. information theory
  4. information velocities
  5. information velocity
  6. information warfare
  7. information-security
  8. information-theoretic
  9. information-theoretic death
  10. information-theoretic deaths
  11. information-theoretical

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