答：信息类型描述主题的类别，例如概念、任务或引用。

A: An information type describes a category of topics, such as concepts, tasks, or reference.

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信息是最明显的类别。

Information is the most obvious category.

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这些元数据属性可以包括所有者信息、关于何时发布内容的信息和类别信息等。

These metadata properties can include owner information, information about when the content was published, categorization information, and so on.

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And it turns out that collecting information about categories is essential to our survival.

我们发现收集类别的信息,以我们的生存至关重要。

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We tend to use the term to refer to information we have about categories and intuitions we have about the typicality, our frequency of certain features of categories.

我们会用这个词来代表,我们对某些类别掌握的信息,用它来指代我们掌握典型性的直觉，指代某个类别反复出现的特性。

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