2015-10-13
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WHAT IS INFORMATION?
Information is primary and undetectable within the science concept. We can only say that this concept implies the presence of material media, information source, information receiver, and a communication channel between source and receiver.
The most common verbs used with the word "information" are "get", "get", "pass" (even "buy" or "sell"), which are associated in our minds with any measure it will be measured. And here discovered an amazing thing: systematically reasoning about the amount of information (a lot of information, little information), we cannot specify the unit of measurement of this information. We do not have a clear answer to the question: is the correct expression is "new information" or a tautology and the information may not be "old"?
Consider the following question: what is the volume (or quantity) of the information received? From the point of view of the computer, the answer is simple: one bit (Yes or no, 1 or 0). But you don't the computer for you and the amount of the received information associated with the factor of surprise, which in turn depends on your prior knowledge.
Studying computer technology, we will consider the information as a collection of useful information about the world that circulate in nature and society.
