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NATURAL UNIT INFORMATION CONTENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Theory
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

A unit of logarithmic information measure expressed as a Napieran logarithm. [Definition standardized by ISO and officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

natural unit of information content; NAT: term and abbreviation standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie de l'information
  • Mathématiques informatiques
DEF

Unité logarithmique de mesure de l'information exprimée par un logarithme népérien. [Définition normalisée par l’ISO et uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

unité naturelle de quantité d'information; NAT : terme et abréviation normalisés par l’ISO et uniformisés par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de la información
  • Matemáticas para computación
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