"Information Age" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Information Age}} Information Age
  1. The current era, characterised by the increasing importance and availability of information (especially by means of computers), as opposed to previous eras (such as the Industrial Age) in which most endeavours related to some physical process or product. Synonyms: cyberage, digital age, info age [informal] Translations (current era): 信息時代 (Chinese Mandarin), 信息时代 (xìnxī shídài) (Chinese Mandarin), digiaika (Finnish), ère de l’information [feminine] (French), ინფორმაციის ეპოქა (inpormaciis eṗoka) (Georgian), ინფორმაციის ხანა (inpormaciis xana) (Georgian), ინფორმაციის ერა (inpormaciis era) (Georgian), Informationszeitalter [neuter] (German), Ré na Faisnéise [feminine] (Irish), era dell'informazione [feminine] (Italian), Era da Informação [feminine] (Portuguese), era da informação [feminine] (Portuguese), era de la información [feminine] (Spanish), era digital [feminine] (Spanish), era informática [feminine] (Spanish), інформаційна епоха (informacijna epoxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), інформаційна ера (informacijna era) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Information_Age-en-name-isTrM~FL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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