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information theory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
in-for-ma-tion the-o-ry
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

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Usage

Phrases

algorithmic information theory information-theoretic information-theoretical information-theoretic death quantum information theory information science

Frequently Paired Words

informatics information science

Questions

What does information theory mean?
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.

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