Home › Entities › general › channel capacity

channel capacity

tight upper bound on the rate at which information can be reliably transmitted over a communications channel
Thing general Q870845
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

channel capacity

Summary

channel capacity has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • channel capacity is a type of average transinformation rate[2].
  • channel capacity's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology[3].
  • channel capacity's different from is recorded as channel capacity per character[4].
  • channel capacity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[5].
  • channel capacity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as shannon per second[6].
  • channel capacity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as hartley per second[7].
  • channel capacity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as natural unit of information per second[8].

Body

Definition and Type

channel capacity is a type of average transinformation rate[2].

Why It Matters

channel capacity has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). channel capacity. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/channel-capacity
MLA “channel capacity.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/channel-capacity.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_channel-capacity_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{channel capacity}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/channel-capacity}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): channel capacity — https://4ort.xyz/entity/channel-capacity (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/channel-capacity · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1FIfX4
    Recommended unit of measurement → shannon per second, hartley per second, natural unit of information per second
    Described by source → IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.