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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
(computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scientific theory
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Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نظريَة المعلومات
— branch of applied mathematics
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Armenian:
ինֆորմացիայի տեսություն
(informacʻiayi tesutʻyun)
— branch of applied mathematics
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Catalan:
teoria de la informació
— branch of applied mathematics
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Chinese Mandarin:
資訊理論 /资讯理论
(zīxùn lǐlùn)
— branch of applied mathematics
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Chinese Mandarin:
信息論 /信息论
(xìnxīlùn, xìnxílùn)
— branch of applied mathematics
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Czech:
teorie informace
— branch of applied mathematics
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Finnish:
informaatioteoria
— branch of applied mathematics
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French:
théorie de l'information
— branch of applied mathematics
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German:
Informationstheorie
— branch of applied mathematics
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Hungarian:
információelmélet
— branch of applied mathematics
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Irish:
teoiric eolais
— branch of applied mathematics
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Irish:
teoiric fhaisnéise
— branch of applied mathematics
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Japanese:
情報理論
— branch of applied mathematics
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Khmer:
ទ្រឹស្ដីពត៌មាន
(trɨhsdəy pɔɔtamien)
— branch of applied mathematics
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Korean:
정보 이론
— branch of applied mathematics
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Persian:
نظریه اطلاعات
— branch of applied mathematics
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Polish:
teoria informacji
— branch of applied mathematics
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Portuguese:
teoria da informação
— branch of applied mathematics
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Romanian:
teoria informației
— branch of applied mathematics
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Russian:
тео́рия информа́ции
(teórija informácii)
— branch of applied mathematics
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Sicilian:
tiurìa dâ nfurmazziuni
— branch of applied mathematics
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Spanish:
teoría de la información
— branch of applied mathematics
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Swedish:
informationsteori
— branch of applied mathematics
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Vietnamese:
lý thuyết thông tin
— branch of applied mathematics
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Welsh:
damcaniaeth hysbysrwydd
— branch of applied mathematics
