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Why Is Entropy Increased When A Bit Is Erasedis entropy increased when a bit is erased?

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Why Is Entropy Increased When A Bit Is Erased?

I'm writing a report on Landauers principle, and I can see that compressing the volume of the "merged" state requires some work for the system to be able to continue. But, I cannot accurately formulate exactly why mapping 2 possible states to 1 firm state increase "disorder"? If someone could make it clear to me, that would be greatly appreciated.