INFORMATION MEASURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("information measure" is a kind of...):

metric; system of measurement (a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "information measure"):

entropy; information; selective information ((communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome)

bandwidth (a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel)

baud; baud rate ((computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems)

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