1. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; - Example: "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" [syn: information, selective information, entropy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
selective information
n 1: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the
uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands
of bits of information" [syn: information, selective
information, entropy]