I don't think the phrase "[[Signal to Noise Ratio]]" really applies to the concept of [[Overhead]], generally speaking. However something about the two concepts *feel* related. It's a focus on amount of value-having "stuff" compared to the amount of non-value-having "stuff" in a [[What is a System|system]]. A [[CSV]] file is almost all signal, meanwhile an [[Excel]] ".xlsx" file has a lot of overhead it in, and thus a lower SNR when considering bytes-stored on your computer. Of course, philosophically speaking[^1], this depends on the definition of "signal". If it's "bytes representing data" then the CSV clearly wins. If, instead, signal is "how clearly the data are presented", perhaps an Excel file with notes clarifying things like [[Data Types]] that remove potential [[Ambiguity]] could be considered a higher signal-to-noise ratio. It's all about application, I suppose. **** # More ## Source - self [^1]: I guess?