Receiver (information theory)

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The receiver in information theory is the receiving end of a communication channel. It receives decoded messages/information from the sender, who first encoded them. Sometimes the receiver is modeled so as to include the decoder. Real-world receivers like radio receivers or telephones can not be expected to receive as much information as predicted by the noisy channel coding theorem.

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-In [[linguistics]], '''meaning''' is what the [[Communication source|source or sender]] expresses, communicates, or [[conveyed concept|conveys]] in their [[message]] to the observer or [[receiver (information theory)|receiver]], and what the receiver [[inference|infers]] from the current [[context (language use)|context]].
+The '''receiver''' in [[information theory]] is the receiving end of a [[communication channel]]. It receives [[Code|decode]]d [[message]]s/[[information]] from the sender, who first [[Code|encode]]d them. Sometimes the receiver is modeled so as to include the decoder. Real-world receivers like [[Receiver (radio)|radio receivers]] or [[telephone]]s can not be expected to receive as much information as predicted by the [[noisy channel coding theorem]].
-==See also==
-* [[Meaning (non-linguistic)]]
-* [[Sphoṭa]]
-''Fields''
-* [[General Semantics]], [[semiotics]], [[pragmatics]]
-''Perspectives''
-* [[Logical positivism]]
-* [[Ordinary language philosophy]]
-''Theories''
-*[[Causal theory of names]]
-*[[Definite description]]s
-*[[Theory of descriptions]]
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