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Ih-nfur-MAY-shuhn

/ˌɪnfɜːrˈmeɪʃʌn/

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information

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(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome.

Examples

  • The signal contained thousands of bits of information.

Synonyms: entropy

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