# information (knowledge)

a pattern of marks that are differences

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [marks](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-marks.visual), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** differences make marks into a pattern

**Novel properties:**
- recognizable structure
- repeating contrast
- visible order

## Examples
- The Voyager Golden Record carries etched patterns representing Earth's sounds and images into interstellar space. *(space exploration)*
- Morse code pulses in the 1901 transatlantic radio signal transmitted by Marconi's team distinguished letters by timing. *(communications)*
- The Rosetta Stone's parallel scripts revealed linguistic differences that cracked Egyptian hieroglyphs. *(archaeology)*

## Used by
- [advertise](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advertise.commercial) (L8)
- [advice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advice.social) (L8)
- [archive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-archive.record) (L13)
- [books](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-books.information) (L17)
- [call](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-call.communication) (L9)
- [card](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-card.paper) (L16)
- [code](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-code.information) (L10)
- [computer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-computer.digital) (L11)
- [confusion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-confusion.state) (L15)
- [copyright](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-copyright.legal) (L10)
- [data](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-data.information) (L7)
- [delay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing) (L15)
- [details](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-details.information) (L7)
- [digital](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-digital.electrical) (L7)
- [discussion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-discussion.social) (L13)
- [document](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-document.record) (L17)
- [electronics](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronics.electrical) (L7)
- [email](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-email.digital) (L9)
- [english](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-english.language) (L11)
- [express](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-express.communication) (L10)
- [feedback](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feedback.communication) (L14)
- [forum](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-forum.social) (L7)
- [given](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-given.premise) (L7)
- [history](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-history.record) (L7)
- [internet](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-internet.digital) (L10)
- [know](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-know.cognitive) (L7)
- [knowledge](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-knowledge.cognitive) (L7)
- [learn](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-learn.cognitive) (L7)
- [mail](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-mail.postal) (L8)
- [meaning](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meaning.significance) (L8)
- [media](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-media.communication) (L10)
- [memory](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-memory.cognitive) (L20)
- [message](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-message.information) (L7)
- [name](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier) (L7)
- [news](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-news.information) (L7)
- [notes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-notes.written) (L14)
- [noun](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-noun.language) (L10)
- [online](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-online.digital) (L8)
- [policy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-policy.governance) (L8)
- [privacy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-privacy.social) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*