represent the original is the amount of information in that piece of data I say one quick thing to add maybe it is the case that when you actually transmit over certain lines that are not let's say a computer storing zero on bits there are transmission schemes where you send maybe two bits in one go to using potentially something close it to a continuous channel that you then discretize on the other side to get out several bits in one go so that was happen also under the hood but in terms of kind of the information theoretic