What is the meaning of intelligence?

(DoD) The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such activity. See also acoustic intelligence; all-source intelligence; basic intelligence; combat intelligence; communications intelligence; critical intelligence; current intelligence; departmental intelligence; domestic intelligence; electronic intelligence; electro-optical intelligence; foreign intelligence; foreign instrumentation signals intelligence; general military intelligence; human resources intelligence; imagery intelligence; joint intelligence; laser intelligence; measurement and signature intelligence; medical intelligence; military intelligence; national intelligence; nuclear intelligence; open-source intelligence; operational intelligence; political intelligence; radar intelligence; scientific and technical intelligence; security intelligence; strategic intelligence; tactical intelligence; target intelligence; technical intelligence; technical operational intelligence; terrain intelligence.
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APAMilitary Dictionary (DoD). (2011). intelligence. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/intelligence/definitions/1962221
ChicagoMilitary Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "intelligence" http://smartdefine.org/intelligence/definitions/1962221 (accessed September 22, 2026).
HarvardMilitary Dictionary (DoD) 2011, intelligence, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/intelligence/definitions/1962221>.
MLAMilitary Dictionary (DoD). "intelligence" 4 April 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/intelligence/definitions/1962221>
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