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Meaning of information theory | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية نظريَة المعلومات
Català teoria de la informació
Čeština teorie informace
Cymraeg damcaniaeth hysbysrwydd
Deutsch Informationstheorie
Español teoría de la información
فارسی نظریه اطلاعات
Suomi informaatioteoria
Français théorie de l'information
Gaeilge teoiric eolais teoiric fhaisnéise
עברית תורת האינפורמציה
Magyar információelmélet
日本語 情報理論
한국어 정보 이론
Português teoria da informação
Română teoria informației
Русский тео́рия информа́ции

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

information velocity information warfare information-security information-theoretic death Informational informationalisation

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