情じょう報ほう量りょう

noun

amount of information; information volume

General term for how much information is present, used in everyday contexts.

• この資し料りょうは情じょう報ほう量りょうが多おおすぎて、要よう点てんがわかりにくい。

  This document has too much information, making it hard to grasp the main points.

noun

information content; Shannon information; surprisal

Technical term in information theory; measures the uncertainty or surprise associated with an event.

• 情じょう報ほう理り論ろんでは、事じ象しょうの情じょう報ほう量りょうはその生せい起き確かく率りつの対たい数すうで定てい義ぎされる。

  In information theory, the information content of an event is defined by the logarithm of its probability.