The Second Law and Informatics

Details The Second Law and Informatics The Second Law and Informatics

2007-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/cs/0701016v2

Computer Science

Information Theory

20 pages 6 figures

Scientific paper

A unification of thermodynamics and information theory is proposed. It is argued that similarly to the randomness due to collisions in thermal systems, the quenched randomness that exists in data files in informatics systems contributes to entropy. Therefore, it is possible to define equilibrium and to calculate temperature for informatics systems. The obtained temperature yields correctly the Shannon information balance in informatics systems and is consistent with the Clausius inequality and the Carnot cycle.

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