quantities of information
noun phraseUK /ˈkwɒntɪtiz əv ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/
US /ˈkwɑːntətiz əv ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/
Amounts of facts or knowledge that you can count or measure.
The scientist compared the quantities of information from the two experiments.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The total number of bits or symbols stored or sent in a computer system.
The server logs the quantities of information transferred each hour.
3. The different sizes or amounts of news and facts reported about an event.
Newspapers printed different quantities of information about the storm.
4. The measurable content of a message, often studied in information theory.
Engineers calculate the quantities of information a channel can carry.