information measure

English Thesaurus

1. a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	metric, system of measurement,
definition	:	a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic (noun.quantity)

hyponym	:	entropy, information, selective information,
definition	:	(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	bandwidth,
definition	:	a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel (noun.quantity)

hyponym	:	baud, baud rate,
definition	:	(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems (noun.quantity)