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Theory of Compression

amount of new information created is directly correlated to amount of processing power consumed

terms:

information = data in most compressed form

processing power: cycles of data transformation

what this means is that:

if you are able to create 10 GB information in 1 minute, its probably possible to compress this information in something like 10 kB

this is possible by knowing the source of randomness utilized

therefore some constant can be defines, such that

I = P

I = amount of information

P = processing power

processing is information transformation. each cycle of of a process transforms some information into another form.

its not possible to create information faster than at direct relation to processing power consumed I=P. processing power on the other hand is related to two concepts:

- how advanced the underlying technology is

and

- physical power consumption

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Telly Greenholt 7mo ago

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