Information Content

The term information content is used to refer to the meaning of information as opposed to the form or carrier of the information. For example, the meaning that is conveyed in an expression (which may be a proposition) or document, which can be distinguished from the sounds or symbols or codes and carrier that physically form the expression or document. An information content is composed of a propositional content and an illocutionary force. See also Self-information

Famous quotes containing the words information and/or content:

    “On the breasts of a barmaid in Sale
    Were tattooed the prices of ale;
    And on her behind
    For the sake of the blind
    Was the same information in Braille.”
    —Anonymous.

    “To be content is to be happy.”
    —Chinese proverb.