Entropy
nounid
2472·updated May 9, 2026verified
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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Metric92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Framework definitions
- §1
- A measure of the amount of uncertainty that an Attacker faces to determine the value of a secret. Entropy is usually stated in bits.
- §1
- A measure of the amount of uncertainty that an Attacker faces to determine the value of a secret. Entropy is usually stated in bits.
- §1
- (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
- §2
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A measure of the amount of uncertainty that an Attacker faces to determine the value of a secret. Entropy is usually stated in bits.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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