info early 20th century abbreviation of _information_. information latin: informatio, from the verb informare. information is that which informs! informare in

info early 20th century abbreviation of _information_. information latin: informatio, from the verb informare. information is that which informs! informare in-: in (into) forma: forma (a form) Something is missing; informare, into a form. ddorian43, I inform you: I am trying my best. Let me explain: Information can be thought of as the resolution of uncertainty. The maximum of information coincides strangely with maximal unpredictability or noise! What else? Claude Shannon proved in 1937 in what is probably the most consequential MA thesis, that simple telegraph switching relays can implement by means of their different interconnections the whole of Boolean algebra. Eleven years later the same Claude Shannon published an even more groundbreaking paper: "A Mathematical Theory of Communication". The paper asserts that: "The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point, either exactly or approximately, a message selected at another point." We all know how influential this is, right? But is it enough info(rmation)? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯