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information engine

information engine noun: a theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.

Noun

information engine (plural information engines)

  1. A theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.
  2. (data processing) A data processor.
    • As one of its engineers blogged in 2012, Google was transforming itself from an “information engine” to a “knowledge engine.”2021, Michele Kennerly et al., editors, Information, Columbia University Press, →ISBN

Forms of information engine

pluralinformation engines

Questions about information engine

What does information engine mean?
Information engine means a theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.
What part of speech is information engine?
Information engine is a noun.
What is the plural of information engine?
The plural of information engine is information engines.

Words near information engine in the dictionary

  1. information deficit model
  2. information design
  3. information desk
  4. information desks
  5. information drive
  6. information engine
  7. information engines
  8. information entropy
  9. information fatigue
  10. information fatigue syndrome
  11. information float

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