HyperDic: information_theory

English > 1 sense of the expression information theory:
NOUNcognitioninformation theory(computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
English > information theory: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing.
Categorycomputer science, computingThe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
statisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Broaderscientific theoryA theory that explains scientific observations
Spanishteoría de la información

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