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mutual information

Summary

mutual information ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mutual information is a type of information content[2].
  • mutual information's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology[3].
  • mutual information's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[4].
  • mutual information's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as shannon[5].
  • mutual information's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as hartley[6].
  • mutual information's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as nat[7].

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Definition and Type

mutual information is a type of information content[2].

Why It Matters

mutual information ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mutual-information_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mutual information}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mutual-information}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 14d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → information content
    Described by source → IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology
    Recommended unit of measurement → shannon, hartley, nat
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||he, ja, es, cs, ar, bar, fa, el, it, eu, ko, zh-yue, simple, pt */ Add 14 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universa"
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