What does "information age" mean?

a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks

Information age

Q: What is a synonym for "information age"?

Common synonyms include: computer era, computing era, digital age, digital era, digital era studied, digital eras.

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a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks wordnet

Proper Noun

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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.
"Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age."

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computer era computing era digital age digital era digital era studied digital eras

Antonyms

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industrial age information illiteracy preindustrial era

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"Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age."

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