Redundancy and Entropy

Redundant and Entropy. Actually i don't know what is two theme actually means before Daniel class. When Daniel start using the word i was like what is it means, luckily he had do some explanation for the two words. For what i understand from his explanation is Redundant is the thing that is being repeated or something that is expected; and for Entropy is the opposite of Redundancy which that something that is really ramdom or something that we can't foresee or unexpected.

I had done some research on the two term. And most of the result is from communication and language.


Redundant, repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant

example:

If all of us cooperate together, we will succeed.

In this sentence, the words cooperate and together have been used. But both these words convey the same meaning.

One of the two words should be dropped in order to make the sentence a correct one.

• If all of us cooperate, we will succeed.
• If all of us work together, we will succeed.

Both these sentences are correct ones.




Entropy, on the other hand, is a measure of the "disorder" of a system. What "disorder refers to is really the number of different microscopic states a system can be in, given that the system has a particular fixed composition, volume, energy, pressure, and temperature. By "microscopic states", we mean the exact states of all the molecules making up the system.

As a simple example, suppose that you put a marble in a large box, and shook the box around, and you didn't look inside afterwards. Then the marble could be anywhere in the box. Because the box is large, there are many possible places inside the box that the marble could be, so the marble in the box has a high entropy. Now suppose you put the marble in a tiny box and shook up the box. Now, even though you shook the box, you pretty much know where the marble is, because the box is small. In this case we say that the marble in the box has low entropy.

After understanding what it means, Redundant and entropy had been apply in interactive media as well.
In the system of a computer's softwares there are a lot of redundancy element especially exit, save and deleting information. Every time when we click, the software will repeat the same question over again to make sure whether we are sure with our decision so there are low entropy. For me i think that redundancy element is use to predict entropic cases. Like for event planning although the event is well planned they always create a contingency plan as a back up to make sure everything is all right, for example like a outdoor concert, all the electric supply is prepare they will always prepare another generator.

For entropic they are widely use in gaming and movie (especially horror movie) industry. Although the player is play the game but the don't know what will happen next or he expect something to come out but it doesn't; for horror movie, the appearance is always unexpected although the people know that is it  a horror movie but they don't know when or where it will appear. And this is the same result of the marble in a big box which is high entropy.