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Let \(P=(p_1,\ldots,p_n)\), \(p_i>0\), \(\sum_{i=1}^n p_i\leq 1\), and \(Q=(q_1,\ldots,q_n)\), \(q_i>0\), \(\sum_{i=1}^n q_i\leq 1\) be two discrete finite probability distributions. The following generalizations are defined in this paper: (i) Generalized non-additive entropy of order \(\alpha\) and type \(\beta\): \[ H_\alpha(P;\beta)=\left(1-\sum_{i=1}^n p_i^{\alpha+\beta-1}\left /\sum_{i=1}^n p_i^{\beta}\right)\right /(1-2^{1-\alpha}), \quad \alpha\neq 1, \beta>0, \alpha+\beta-1>0. \] (ii) Generalized non-additive information of order \(\alpha\) and type \(\beta\): \[ I_\alpha(P;\beta| Q)=\left(1-\sum_{i=1}^n p_i^{\alpha+\beta-1}q_i^{1-\alpha}\left /\sum_{i=1}^n p_i^{\beta}\right)\right /(1-2^{\alpha-1}), \quad \alpha\neq 1, \beta>0, \alpha+\beta-1>0. \] Some characterization theorems for \(H_\alpha(P;\beta)\) and \(I_\alpha(P;\beta| Q)\) are prove dand interesting special cases are pointed out.