infoglut
English
Etymology
info + glut Coined by Kenneth M. Sheldon in 1991.
Noun
infoglut (uncountable)
- information overload
- 1991, Kenneth M. Sheldon, Byte Magazine, page 388:
- Dateline:1995. New York. The Organization of Information Producing Nations met today in New York, in an attempt to deal with what it described as the current infoglut. According to information industry analyst Don Jorak, “Information providers have flooded the market with cheap, easily accessible information, sending the price of information to record low levels. Of course, much of this is low-grade information and requires a great deal of refinement before it can be used.” …Who’s to blame for the current infoglut, the imminent infolock?
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