How did we create a measure for information? How was the byte, mb, gb, tb created? Meet Claude Shannon

in #technology7 years ago

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An amazing read about the man more important than silicon itself, it wasn't just about hardware. It was all about the software and measurement of information in bytes of 0 and 1. The foundation of computing itself.

A Must read the book "The information: A HISTORY, A THEORY, A FLOOD"

A Mathematical Theory of Communication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematical_Theory_of_Communication