Timeline for Why is entropy measured in bits?
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:36 | vote | accept | dokichan | ||
| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:35 | answer | added | bk2204 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:32 | comment | added | dokichan |
Oh, I got it, i = log2(x) where i is quantity of bits, thanks.
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:24 | comment | added | nobody | Why in bits? Because it's convenient. Instead of having to write "This password has an entropy of 18,446,744,073,709,551,616" you can say "It has 64 bits of entropy". | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:17 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 19:13 | history | asked | dokichan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |