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information theory

in·for·ma·tion the·o·ry
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    • UK Pronunciation
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    • [in-fer-mey-shuh n thee-uh-ree, theer-ee]
    • /ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈθi ə ri, ˈθɪər i/
    • /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn ˈθɪəri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-fer-mey-shuh n thee-uh-ree, theer-ee]
    • /ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈθi ə ri, ˈθɪər i/

Definitions of information theory words

  • noun information theory the mathematical theory concerned with the content, transmission, storage, and retrieval of information, usually in the form of messages or data, and especially by means of computers. 1
  • noun information theory science of data processing 1
  • noun information theory a collection of mathematical theories, based on statistics, concerned with methods of coding, transmitting, storing, retrieving, and decoding information 0
  • noun information theory the study of processes of communication and the transmission of messages; specif., the study of the information content of messages and of the probabilistic measurement of signal recognition in the presence of interference, noise, etc. 0
  • noun information theory (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. 0
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Origin of information theory

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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information theory popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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