# Nat (unit)
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## Microsims — p5.js
### Nat (unit) (p5.js)
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*The nat: a unit of information based on natural logarithms and powers of e — the information content when an event's probability is 1/e.*
**Open in the editor:** [▶ fork this sketch](https://editor.p5js.org/sciencenibber/sketches/YpgdjJnU-) · library `p5js`
### Related microsims
Live sims on neighbouring articles:
- [[Signal]]
*Sim hosted off-article; the article owns the reference, not the runtime (WIKI_RULES §10.4). Placed by `g08_place_microsims.py`.*
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## Microsim
> *Microsim pending. The pipeline is currently authoring and saving a sketch in the [p5.js Web Editor](https://editor.p5js.org). Once saved, this section will hold the editor URL, a 100-word description of what the sketch demonstrates, and the full source code.*
**Editor URL:** `<paste editor URL after save>`
**Description (100 words):** _<filled in at finalize>_
```js
// sketch.js will be inlined here once finalized
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## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`Alan_Turing` · `Alan_Turing:_The_Enigma` · `Andrew_Hodges` · `Binary_logarithm` · [[Binary_number]] · `Bit` · `Boltzmann_constant` · `Chris_Wallace_(computer_scientist)` · `Decimal` · `E_(mathematical_constant)` · [[Entropy]] · [[Expected_value]] · `Hartley_(unit)` · `Heat_capacity` · [[Information]] · [[Information_theory]] · `International_Electrotechnical_Commission` · `International_System_of_Units` · `Joule` · `Kelvin` · `Luminance` · `Minimum_description_length` · `Minimum_message_length` · `Natural_logarithm` · `New_York_City` · `Perplexity` · `Quantum_information` · `Qubit` · `Qudit` · `Qutrit` · `Shannon_(unit)` · `Simon_&_Schuster` · `Ternary_numeral_system` · `Unit_of_measurement` · `Units_of_information`
> **Room:** [[Information]] · **Status:** ⏳ awaiting microsim · ← back to MAIN
## Overview
The natural unit of information (symbol: nat),1 sometimes also nit or nepit, is a unit of information or information entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the shannon. This unit is also known by its unit symbol, the nat. One nat is the information content of an event when the probability of that event occurring is 1/e.
_(Overview is shorter than 200 words; the pipeline should expand it from textbook context before publishing.)_
## See also
- Room hub: [[Information]]
- p5.js Editor conventions: P5 JS EDITOR
- Wiki root: MAIN
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*Scaffolded by `generative-microsim` from row 15 of the Information sheet on 2026-06-04T14:59:35Z.*
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library
> The natural unit of information (symbol: nat),[1] sometimes also nit or nepit, is a unit of information or information entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the shannon. This unit is also known by its unit symbol, the nat. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_%28unit%29))
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*Built to the [[WT!P5_js_Microsim_Master_Class|p5.js Master Class]].*
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_%28unit%29) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Nat_%28unit%29)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parent: [[Information_theory]].
Legacy hubs: `GENERATIVE`.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*