information glut
/ˌɪn.fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən ˈɡlʌt/ · in·for·ma·tion·glut
noun
- An excessive amount of information, especially to the point of being overwhelming or unmanageable. The seminar suffered from an information glut, leaving participants unable to retain the key take‑aways.
- A situation in which the volume of data exceeds the capacity of users or systems to process it effectively. In the age of social media, many companies struggle with an information glut that hampers decision‑making.
Synonyms
information overloaddata overloadinfo surplusexcess dataknowledge surplusinformation avalanchedata glutinformation flood
Antonyms
Did you know? The phrase “information glut” first appeared in print in a 1999 BusinessWeek article, capturing the growing anxiety about the internet’s capacity to generate more data than people could reasonably consume.