information revolution

collocation in English

meaningsofinformationandrevolution

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information
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
facts about a situation, person, ...
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revolution
noun
uk
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/
a change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence ...
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(Definition ofinformationandrevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Local and national governments finance and usually control critical infrastructures that provide the backbones of theinformationrevolution.
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So it is with theinformationrevolution.
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There has been aninformationrevolution.
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Theinformationrevolutionis already under way.
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Scottish institutions are at the forefront of theinformationrevolution.
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Like it or not, theinformationrevolutionis coming.
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The knowledge andinformationrevolutionis changing everything.
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Theinformationrevolutiondemands bright, articulate self-motivated people.
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That is all part of theinformationrevolution.
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Theinformationrevolutionis going on around them.
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Theinformationrevolutionmoves at the speed of light.
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I am less certain that this is so as theinformationrevolutiongathers pace.
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Theinformationrevolutionwhich followed owed a great deal to that policy.
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The term underlines, however, the important social and economic dimensions of theinformationrevolution.
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Now the region stands in danger of being excluded from theinformationrevolution.
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On the other hand, theinformationrevolutionis inevitably linked with accelerating openness and globalisation.
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Those are the great advantages that theinformationrevolutioncan bring.
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The radio spectrum is the raw material of theinformationrevolution.
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Theinformationrevolutionwill transform the way in which its services are delivered.
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Moreover, as theinformationrevolutionmarches on, increasingly our lives are lived on the net.
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A major part of theinformationrevolutionis, of course, the provision of services.
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That was followed by theinformationrevolutionwhich led, in turn, to leisure and services.
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That cherry picking has left rural areas out in the cold and out of theinformationrevolution.
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I believe that future generations will label the twentieth century as the chip revolution or theinformationrevolution.
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