"information theory" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} information theory (uncountable)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: information theory Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Information theory, Mathematics Derived forms: algorithmic information theory, quantum information theory Related terms: informatics (english: contradistinction), information science (english: contradistinction) Translations (branch of applied mathematics): نظريَة المعلومات (Arabic), ինֆորմացիայի տեսություն (informacʻiayi tesutʻyun) (Armenian), teoria de la informació [feminine] (Catalan), 資訊理論 /资讯理论 (zīxùn lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 信息論 /信息论 (xìnxīlùn, xìnxílùn) (Chinese Mandarin), teorie informace [feminine] (Czech), informaatioteoria (Finnish), théorie de l’information [feminine] (French), Informationstheorie [feminine] (German), információelmélet (Hungarian), teoiric eolais [feminine] (Irish), teoiric fhaisnéise [feminine] (Irish), 情報理論 (Japanese), ទ្រឹស្ដីពត៌មាន (trɨhsdəy pɔɔtamien) (Khmer), 정보 이론 (english: jeongbo iron) (alt: 情報理論) (Korean), نظریه اطلاعات (Persian), teoria da informação [feminine] (Portuguese), teoria informației [feminine] (Romanian), тео́рия информа́ции (teórija informácii) [feminine] (Russian), tiurìa dâ nfurmazziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), teoría de la información [feminine] (Spanish), informationsteori [common-gender] (Swedish), lý thuyết thông tin (Vietnamese), damcaniaeth hysbysrwydd [feminine] (Welsh)
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