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Entropy

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A measure of the amount of uncertainty that an Attacker faces to determine the value of a secret. Entropy is usually stated in bits.

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

Wordset Dictionary

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

Classifications

Entity Type

Metric92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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informationrandomnessselective information
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Entropies
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