fundamental unit of information

Pythagorean

Is there such a concept in information theory?

I.e. Something as complex as language can be reduced to 1's and 0's. Is binary the fundamental unit of information?

Gigasoft

Not really. Although a bit is the smallest amount of information that can be represented, it is clearly possible for a system to represent an amount of information that is greater than 1 bit but smaller than 2 bits.

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Pythagorean Recognitions: Gold Member	fundamental unit of information Tweet Is there such a concept in information theory? I.e. Something as complex as language can be reduced to 1's and 0's. Is binary the fundamental unit of information?

Gigasoft	Not really. Although a bit is the smallest amount of information that can be represented, it is clearly possible for a system to represent an amount of information that is greater than 1 bit but smaller than 2 bits.