information theory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the noisy-channel coding theorem.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

information theory

Derived words

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