1. Shannon - Noun
2. Shannon - Proper noun
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
Source: WordNetThere was even talk at one point of getting Del Shannon to produce our first album. Ian McCulloch
There were many at Bell Labs and MIT who compared Shannon's insight to Einstein's. Others found that comparison unfair - unfair to Shannon. William Poundstone
Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is. William Poundstone
By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme. Éamon de Valera
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
I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors. John Gallagher, Jr.