signal-to-noise
/ˈsɪɡnəl tə ˌnɔɪz/
the ratio of useful information to irrelevant data
signal-to-noise in a sentence
“Twitter has a low signal-to-noise ratio during breaking news events.”
Origin of signal-to-noise
Radio engineering term (early 20th century)
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