Entropy encoding maximizes information carried by each bit pattern

Evidence

Although the entropy stage is the final stage in the coder, it is appropriate to consider it now, because in conjunction with the redundancy removal stage, it forms the structure of a lossless encoder system. Entropy encoding works by maximizing the information carried by the bit patterns that represent the audio signal and the side information. In order to understand how it works, we need to understand a little bit about how we measure information and how entropy relates to information. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2610

Although the entropy stage is the final stage in the coder, it is appropriate to consider it now, because in conjunction with the redundancy removal stage, it forms the structure of a lossless encoder system. Entropy encoding works by maximizing the information carried by the bit patterns that represent the audio signal and the side information. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2610

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces entropy encoding as the stage maximizing bits’ information payload — foundational to later discussions of information measurement.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2610