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Units of information
These definitions use byte as the base unit, and therefore may be thought of as "storage centric" as opposed to information centric:
or physics centric:
For example in physics a nat is unitless, where in these definitions it is a derived unit of byte.
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info.type
Members list
Type members
Classlikes
Standard binary prefixes
Standard binary prefixes
Binary prefixes used for computing storage
Standard SI base-10 prefixes are defined in coulomb.units.si.prefixes
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Types
The fundamental unit of information: a single "yes/no" answer.
The fundamental unit of information: a single "yes/no" answer.
Equivalent to one shannon:
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A byte is 8 bits, and corresponds to one ASCII character in typical computer memory.
A byte is 8 bits, and corresponds to one ASCII character in typical computer memory.
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care should be taken to distinguish from
scala.Byte - Source
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Logarithmic unit of information
Logarithmic unit of information
The logarithmic form of Shannon entropy yields quantities in nats:
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- info.scala