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unit of information

capacity of information storage and communication
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Summary

unit of information ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • unit of information's measured physical quantity is recorded as information entropy[2].
  • unit of information is a type of Q141631942[3].
  • unit of information's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Units of information[4].
  • unit of information's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology[5].
  • unit of information's topic has template is recorded as Template:Information units[6].
  • unit of information's topic has template is recorded as Template:Fundamental info units[7].

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Definition and Type

unit of information is a type of Q141631942[3].

Why It Matters

unit of information ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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computer storage media

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isq dimension → 1
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q141631942"
  2. 16d ago · ~2026-52378-20 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'hy', 'it', '
    Measured physical quantity → information entropy
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Isq dimension: 2"
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