noun
Meaning 1
A measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable; a measure of the average information content one is missing when one does not know the value of the random variable (usually in units such as bits); the amount of information (measured in, say, bits) contained per average instance of a character in a stream of characters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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