An alien message was found written in the letters of a 64-character alphabet

univerkov | September 5, 2021 | education

An alien message was found written in the letters of a 64-character alphabet and consisting of 133 characters. How much information does it carry?

Knowing the power of the alphabet, we can determine the information volume of one symbol.

i = log2N = log264 = 6 bits.

The informational volume of a message is equal to the product of the volume of one character and the number of characters in the specified message.

I = i * K = 6 bits * 133 characters = 798 bits.

Answer: this message carries 798 bits of information.

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