notification

Plural: notifications

Noun

• an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
• informing by words
• a request for payment
  • "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting"
• The act of notifying.
• A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
• A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.

Examples

• A notification popped up on my computer.
• I received an e-mail notification on my phone.

Synonyms

apprisal, notice, presentment, telling