informate
See also: infórmate
English
Etymology
Coined by Shoshana Zuboff in 1988, from information, modelled on automate.
Verb
informate (third-person singular simple present informates, present participle informating, simple past and past participle informated)
- (uncommon) To use information technology in a production process or an organization to translate activities and events into shareable information.
- 1988, Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, New York: Basic Books, page 390:
- The duality of information technology—its capacity to automate and to informate—provides a vantage point from which to consider these choices.
- 2001, Richard Stivers, Peter Stirk, Technology as Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 186:
- Whether modern organizations turn in the direction of an automated or informated workplace, the use of information systems allows information to assume a normative cast.
Further reading
- informating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esperanto
Adverb
informate
- present adverbial passive participle of informi
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
informate
- inflection of informare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
informate f pl
- feminine plural of informato
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
īnfōrmāte
- vocative masculine singular of īnfōrmātus
Spanish
Verb
informate