Information refers to the objects transmitted and processed by audio, news and communication systems, and generally refers to all the contents transmitted by human society.

 

By obtaining and recognizing different information in nature and society, human beings can distinguish different things and realize and transform the world.

 

Information is a universal form of connection in all communication and control systems.

 

In 1948, mathematician Shannon pointed out in a paper entitled "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" : "Information is what is used to eliminate random uncertainty". The basic universal unit that creates everything in the universe is information.

 

The word "information" in English, French, German and Spanish is "information", in Japanese is "intelligence", Taiwan in our country called "information", ancient China is used "information".

 

It first appeared as a scientific term in R.V.Hartley's 1928 article "Transmission of Information".

 

In the 1940s, C.E.Shannon, the founder of information, gave a clear definition of information. Since then, many researchers have given different definitions based on their own research fields. The representative expression is as follows:

 

Shannon, the founder of information, believed that "information is something used to eliminate random uncertainty", and this definition was regarded as a classical definition and quoted by people.

 

Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics, believed that "information is the content and name that people exchange with the external world in the process of adapting to and reacting to the external world", which has also been quoted as a classical definition.

 

Economic management experts believe that "information is the effective data to provide decision-making".