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noun

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.

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Nearby words

  1. information retrieval,
  2. information science,
  3. information superhighway,
  4. information system,
  5. information technology,
  6. information warfare,
  7. informational,
  8. informative,
  9. informatory,
  10. informatory double

Origin of information theory

First recorded in 1945–50
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British Dictionary definitions for information theory

information theory

noun

a collection of mathematical theories, based on statistics, concerned with methods of coding, transmitting, storing, retrieving, and decoding information
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Science definitions for information theory

information theory

A branch of mathematics that mathematically defines and analyzes the concept of information. Information theory involves statistics and probability theory, and applications include the design of systems that have to do with data transmission, encryption, compression, and other information processing.
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