{"id":2235,"date":"2011-09-15T16:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T16:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/noise\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:34:03","slug":"noise","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/2025\/noise","title":{"rendered":"Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_noise_mean\">What Does Noise Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Noise refers to any external and unwanted information that interferes with a transmission signal. Noise can diminish transmission strength and disturb overall communication efficiency. 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