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- [in-fer-mey-shuh n thee-uh-ree, theer-ee]
- /ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈθi ə ri, ˈθɪər i/
- /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn ˈθɪəri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-fer-mey-shuh n thee-uh-ree, theer-ee]
- /ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈθi ə ri, ˈθɪər i/
Definitions of information theory words
- noun information theory 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. 1
- noun information theory science of data processing 1
- noun information theory a collection of mathematical theories, based on statistics, concerned with methods of coding, transmitting, storing, retrieving, and decoding information 0
- noun information theory the study of processes of communication and the transmission of messages; specif., the study of the information content of messages and of the probabilistic measurement of signal recognition in the presence of interference, noise, etc. 0
- noun information theory (mathematics) 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. 0
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Origin of information theory
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
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Parts of speech for Information theory
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information theory popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
information theory usage trend in Literature
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noun information theory
- information retrieval — the systematic storage and recovery of data, as from a file, card catalog, or the memory bank of a computer. Abbreviation: IR.
- communication theory — information theory.
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