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Slides: Symbols and information

The slides to the lesson: how distinguishable states become symbols through an agreement, how halving questions count information in bits, and what a bigger alphabet gains and costs.

Representing informationTransferring information

Part of the lesson Symbols and information

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Level
Beginner
Modules
Digitization and Programming
Code
8629
Updated
4 November 2026
Status
published

    A four-digit code takes you straight to the item.