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SELECTIVE INFORMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
Example:
the signal contained thousands of bits of information
Synonyms:
entropy; information; selective information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("selective information" is a kind of...):
information measure (a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information)
Domain category:
communication theory; communications (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.))
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