'माहिती' याचा अर्थ कोणत्याही स्वरूपातील, कोणतेही साहित्य असा असून त्यामधे, अभिलेख, दस्तऐवज, ज्ञापने,ई-मेल, अभिप्राय,सूचना,प्रसिद्धीपत्रके,परिपत्रके, आदेश,रोजवह्या,संविदा,अहवाल, कागदपत्रे,नमुने,प्रतिमाने, (मॉडेल) कोणत्याही इलेक्ट्रॉनिक स्वरूपातील आधार सामग्री......

Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed, or their abstractions. Any natural process that is not completely random and any observable pattern in any medium can be said to convey some amount of information. Whereas digital signals and other data use discrete signs to convey information, other phenomena and artifacts such as analogue signals, poems, pictures, music or other sounds, and currents convey information in a more continuous form. Information is not knowledge itself, but the meaning that may be derived from a representation through interpretation.