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CLAUDE SHANNON
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• CLAUDE SHANNON (noun)
The noun CLAUDE SHANNON has 1 sense:
1. United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
Familiarity information: CLAUDE SHANNON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Claude E. Shannon; Claude Elwood Shannon; Claude Shannon; Shannon
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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