Claude Shannon

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United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)

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The real core of communication is what information theory's founder, Claude Shannon calls "meaning." And meaning is not covered in information theory. Howard Bloom

In 1886 he saw that Boolean calculations could be carried out via electrical switches, anticipating Claude Shannon by more than 50 years. Source: Internet

It was originally devised by Claude Shannon in 1948 to study the amount of information in a transmitted message. Source: Internet

Such attacks are impractical if the amount of computation needed to succeed – termed the "work factor" by Claude Shannon – is out of reach of all potential attackers. Source: Internet

This is a very strong notion of security first developed during WWII by Claude Shannon and proved, mathematically, to be true for the one-time pad by Shannon about the same time. Source: Internet

With his marriage to Norma Levor over, Claude Shannon was a bachelor again, with no attachments, a small Greenwich Village apartment, and a demanding job. Source: Internet

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