Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Notification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Notification \No`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. notification. See
{Notify}.]
1. The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making
known; especially, the act of giving official notice or
information to the public or to individuals, corporations,
companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other
means.
2. Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.
3. The writing which communicates information; an
advertisement, or citation, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
notification
n 1: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own
initiative [syn: {presentment}]
2: informing by words [syn: {telling}, {apprisal}]
3: a request for payment; "the notification stated the grace
period and the penalties for defaulting" [syn: {notice}]
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