Information TheoryReprinted with permission from Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 14th edition, 1968 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Central Problems of Communication Theory

• Measurement of Information

• Encoding Information

• Capacity of a Channel

• Band-limited Channels

• Filtering and Prediction Problem

• Cryptography, Linguistics and Other Applications

• Bibliography