Entropy Glossary

Browse 2 entropy terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Entropy Terms

Bit Rot: The gradual degradation of software over time even without code changes, caused by evolving dependencies, changing environments, and shifting assumptions. The...
Password Entropy: A measure of how hard a password is to guess based on the unpredictability of the chosen secret and the attacker's likely search space. In practice, password...