Informacijos

Informacijos is a term used in Baltic languages to denote information, data, or knowledge. In Latvian, informācijas is the genitive singular of informācija; in Lithuanian, informacijos appears as a genitive form of informacija. The word occurs in many compound phrases, such as informācijas avots (information source) and informacijos teikimas (provision of information). More generally, the term covers organized facts and data that are communicated or stored for use in decision-making and understanding.

Informacijos has its roots in the wider Indo-European concept of information, and its Baltic forms are derived from European linguistic developments that connect to the Latin informatio and related terms in other languages. In modern usage, it is part of discussions about the information society, information technology, and data governance. In information theory, information is defined as the reduction of uncertainty and is quantified in units called bits; the everyday term informacijos, however, refers to information in ordinary language, while technical discussions use language appropriate to each field.

In policy and media contexts, informacijos management, privacy, and information security are common topics, reflecting the central role of information in contemporary life. The term also appears in education and science to denote data sets, factual content, and knowledge resources. See also information, data, knowledge, information technology, information society, information security.