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bn:15862204n

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Categories: Logarithmic scales of measurement, Units of information, long volume value

ban hartley dit Hart

A logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. Open English WordNet

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A logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. Open English WordNet

The hartley, also called a ban, or a dit, is a logarithmic unit that measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. Wikipedia

A contraction for "decimal digit" Wikipedia Disambiguation

A unit of information or entropy Wikipedia Disambiguation

Unit of information; log₂(10) bits Wikidata

A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit. Wiktionary

The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century. Open English WordNet

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International System of Quantities

MEASURED PHYSICAL QUANTITY

information content

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Ralph Hartley