Understanding Information

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What is information defined as?

  • The raw data before processing and organizing
  • Processed, organized data that provides useful knowledge (correct)
  • The measure of disorder in a system
  • The uncertainty in a system

How can information be measured?

  • In units such as meters, kilograms, seconds
  • In units such as kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes
  • In units such as volts, amps, watts
  • In units such as bits, nats, or hartleys (correct)

What does entropy measure?

  • A system's thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work (correct)
  • The amount of information available in a system
  • The organization and structure of a system
  • The total energy available in a system

What does high entropy indicate about a system?

<p>Low energy and high information content (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a bit measure?

<p>The amount of information gained by observing a binary event (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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