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What is information defined as?
Processed, organized data that provides useful knowledge
How can information be measured?
In units such as bits, nats, or hartleys
What does entropy measure?
A system's thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work
What does high entropy indicate about a system?
Low energy and high information content
What does a bit measure?
The amount of information gained by observing a binary event
Test your knowledge about the concept of information and its importance in various fields such as communication, computation, knowledge, and science.
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