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Computer & Information Processing

Information processing is any detectable change in information, from physical changes like rocks moving to digital changes like printing from a computer. Specifically, information processing converts latent, or hidden, information into manifest, or obvious, information according to Claude Shannon. Latent and manifest information are defined by the remaining uncertainty after sending a message, the uncertainty of what was actually received, and the saved effort from not having to ask clarifying questions.

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Computer & Information Processing

Information processing is any detectable change in information, from physical changes like rocks moving to digital changes like printing from a computer. Specifically, information processing converts latent, or hidden, information into manifest, or obvious, information according to Claude Shannon. Latent and manifest information are defined by the remaining uncertainty after sending a message, the uncertainty of what was actually received, and the saved effort from not having to ask clarifying questions.

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COMPUTER & INFORMATION PROCESSING

Information processing is the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by


an observer. As such, it is a process that describes everything that happens (changes)
in the universe, from the failing of a rock (a change in position) to the printing of a text
file from a digital computer system. In the latter case, an information processor is
changing the form of presentation of that text file. Information processing may more
specifically be defined in terms used by Claude E. Shannon as the conversion of latent
information into manifest information (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2011).

Latent and manifest information is defined through the terms of equivocation (remaining
uncertainty, what value the sender has actually chosen), dissipation (uncertainty of the
sender what the receiver has actually received), and transformation (saved effort of
questioning - equivocation minus dissipation) (Denning and Bell, 2012).
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