information theory
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Noun edit
information theory (uncountable)
- (mathematics) 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.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- informatics (contradistinction)
- information science (contradistinction)
Translations edit
branch of applied mathematics
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