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| Code: A code is a system of rules or instructions that defines how information is represented and communicated. It can be used to represent text, images, sound, or other forms of data. See also Encoding, Information, Communication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Norbert Wiener on Code - Dictionary of Arguments
II 124 Code/Wiener: a code is a transformation of a message that can only be carried out for a specific meaningful message, while the encryption concerns only the letters that compose the message, regardless of the meaning of the message. >Sense, >Meaning, >Message, >Information, >Communication. Therefore, a published codebook is completely useless for mutilated incoming sentences or letters. A code is semantic, a cipher is visual or phonetic. >Semantics._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
WienerN I Norbert Wiener Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine Cambridge, MA 1965 WienerN II N. Wiener The Human Use of Human Beings (Cybernetics and Society), Boston 1952 German Edition: Mensch und Menschmaschine Frankfurt/M. 1952 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16