information

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Information may be used as a way to distninguish raw data, in terms of bits or nunbers, from data with some level of meaning, for example that a number represents someones age. As such it can be seen as part of a progression data – information – knowledge. Information is also used as a low-level concept for signaling and storage, related to entropy.

Used in Chap. 10: page 147