English Explanatory Dictionary

information engine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.
  2. A data processor.

Word forms

information engine information engines

Related words

heat engine Maxwell's demon Szilard's engine Mandal-Jarzynski model
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