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entropy
measure of the disorder, randomness or variability in a closed system. The entropy of X is a mathematical measure of the amount of information provided by an observation of X.
source: ISO18031, 2005
Total amount of information yielded by a set of bits. It is representative of the work effort required for an adversary to be able to reproduce the same set of bits.
source: ISO18032, 2005
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