information content

Summary

information content ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• information content's GND ID is recorded as 4213883-8^[2].
• information content's subclass of is recorded as information^[3].
• information content's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity^[4].
• information content's subclass of is recorded as logarithmic quantity^[5].
• information content's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02n9z2^[6].
• information content's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology^[7].
• information content's defining formula is recorded as \begin{align} I(x) & = \operatorname{lb}{\frac{1}{p(x)}} \, \mathrm{Sh} \ & = \lg{\frac{1}{p(x)}} \, \mathrm{Hart} \ & = \ln{\frac{1}{p(x)}} \, \mathrm{nat} \end{align}^[8].
• information content's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19762515^[9].
• information content's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as self-information^[10].
• information content's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1^[11].
• information content's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[12].
• information content's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 189719970^[13].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as I(x)^[14].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as p^[15].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{lb}^[16].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \lg^[17].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \ln^[18].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{Sh}^[19].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{Hart}^[20].
• information content's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{nat}^[21].
• information content's quantity symbol is recorded as I(x)^[22].
• information content's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as shannon^[23].
• information content's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as hartley^[24].
• information content's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as nat^[25].
• information content's IEV number is recorded as 171-07-14^[26].

Why It Matters

information content ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]