# 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)

**Wikidata**: [Q256358](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256358)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/equivocation-q256358


## References

1. International Electrotechnical Vocabulary
2. IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology