equivocation

concept in information theory: the information that is lost during transmission over a channel between an information source (sender) and an information sink (receiver)
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equivocation

Summary

equivocation is an information[1].

Key Facts

  • equivocation's instance of is recorded as information[2].
  • equivocation's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • equivocation's GND ID is recorded as 121170520X[4].
  • equivocation's subclass of is recorded as conditional entropy[5].
  • equivocation's part of is recorded as information theory[6].
  • equivocation's facet of is recorded as information theory[7].
  • equivocation's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology[8].
  • equivocation's different from is recorded as equivocation[9].
  • equivocation's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120x69kp[10].
  • equivocation's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[11].
  • equivocation's quantity symbol is recorded as H_{+}(X \vert Y)[12].
  • equivocation's quantity symbol is recorded as H(X \vert Y)[13].
  • equivocation's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as shannon[14].
  • equivocation's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as hartley[15].
  • equivocation's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as nat[16].
  • equivocation's IEV number is recorded as 171-07-24[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . International Electrotechnical Vocabulary. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). equivocation. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/equivocation-q256358
MLA “equivocation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/equivocation-q256358.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_equivocation-q256358_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{equivocation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/equivocation-q256358}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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