Receiver (information theory)
A receiver is like your ear that hears sounds or your eyes that see things. It's a device that listens to or watches for signals, like a phone or a TV. It uses a special language to understand the signals being sent to it.
When you talk on the phone or watch TV, the sound or pictures are sent through the air as signals. Your phone or TV has a receiver inside that picks up the signals and turns them back into sound or pictures so you can hear or see what's happening.
In information theory, a receiver is a special device that is used to decode complex messages sent over a communication channel, such as a wireless network or the internet. The receiver receives these messages and uses a special code to turn the signals into understandable information, like text, photos, or videos.
So, imagine you're playing a game of telephone with a friend using walkie-talkies. You speak into your walkie-talkie, and your friend receives your message on theirs. Your friend's walkie-talkie is the receiver in this scenario. It picks up your message and turns it into sound so they can hear what you're saying. That's essentially what a receiver does in information theory, but with much more complicated messages sent over long distances.
When you talk on the phone or watch TV, the sound or pictures are sent through the air as signals. Your phone or TV has a receiver inside that picks up the signals and turns them back into sound or pictures so you can hear or see what's happening.
In information theory, a receiver is a special device that is used to decode complex messages sent over a communication channel, such as a wireless network or the internet. The receiver receives these messages and uses a special code to turn the signals into understandable information, like text, photos, or videos.
So, imagine you're playing a game of telephone with a friend using walkie-talkies. You speak into your walkie-talkie, and your friend receives your message on theirs. Your friend's walkie-talkie is the receiver in this scenario. It picks up your message and turns it into sound so they can hear what you're saying. That's essentially what a receiver does in information theory, but with much more complicated messages sent over long distances.