social act act of communicating A note: 'entity' rather than 'agent' is used in this definition in order to allow that software can communicate with other software. However, it should be noted that this definition of communication excludes broader meanings, such as unintentional sharing of information. A planned process in which some entity provides information to another entity. Cooper Stansbury and J. Neil Otte See ICO: 'act of informing.' This class is perhaps not needed. adapted from "communicate." Merriam-Webster.com. 2011. https://www.merriam-webster.com (30 August 2018).