information engine

English

Noun

information engine (plural information engines)

(thermodynamics) A theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.
(data processing) A data processor.

See also

(thermodynamics):

heat engine
Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maxwell's demon
Szilard's engine
Mandal-Jarzynski model

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