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Shannon information

Shannon information noun: a basic quantity derived from the probability of a particular event occurring from a random variable.

Noun

Shannon information (uncountable)

  1. A basic quantity derived from the probability of a particular event occurring from a random variable.
    Synonyms:
    surprisal

Synonyms of Shannon information

Origin of Shannon information

Named after Claude Shannon.

Questions about Shannon information

What does Shannon information mean?
Shannon information means a basic quantity derived from the probability of a particular event occurring from a random variable.
What part of speech is Shannon information?
Shannon information is a noun.

Words near Shannon information in the dictionary

  1. Shannon capacities
  2. Shannon capacity
  3. Shannon County
  4. Shannon entropies
  5. Shannon entropy
  6. Shannon information
  7. Shannon limit
  8. Shannon limits
  9. Shannon stopover
  10. Shannon stopovers
  11. Shannon Vale

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