Physical Language Instead of Informational Language: Terminology Correspondence (Dictionary for Reformulating Key Concepts)

This article presents a correspondence dictionary — a practical tool for transitioning from the tangled “informational language” to clear physical language in fundamental physics. The dictionary is based on the distinction of three senses of the word “information” introduced in Article 1 of the series: (1) configuration of a physical system (ontological), (2) observer’s knowledge (epistemic), (3) information as an independent entity (a metaphysical construct to be rejected). The dictionary covers key concepts reformulated in the previous articles of the series: the “collapsar information paradox”, Landauer’s principle, the holographic principle, Wheeler’s “Everything is information” thesis, entropy as “missing information”, and collapsar entropy. For each concept, tables are provided that replace informational formulations with physical ones. The extended dictionary includes additional terms: amount of information, quantum information, transmission, storage, processing and erasure of information, bit, and qubit. In the transitional period, it is recommended to use constructions with explanatory parentheses, for example: “configuration (information in the sense of the physical state of a system)”. The dictionary is addressed to authors of scientific articles, lecturers, students, and journal editors. Its goal is not to abolish the use of the word “information” in communication theory or quantum computing, but to offer a clear alternative where confusion of meanings creates pseudo‑problems.