information age

noun (sometimes initial capital letters)

a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.

Words nearby information age

informal vote, informality, informant, informatics, information, information age, information architecture, information economy, information overload, information processing, information question

British Dictionary definitions for information age

information age

noun

a time when large amounts of information are widely available to many people, largely through computer technology