prefix coding
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English[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊdɪŋ
Noun[edit]
prefix coding (plural prefix codings)
- (computing theory) A coding system that uses (typically variable-length) codes that are distinguished by their "prefix property", which requires that there is no code word in the system that is a prefix (initial segment) of any other code word in the system.
- A prefix coding can use a code with code words {9, 55}, as it has the prefix property. However, a code consisting of {9, 5, 59, 55} is not allowed, as "5" is a prefix of "59" and also of "55".
Hyponyms[edit]
prefix coding
Further reading[edit]
- prefix code on Wikipedia.Wikipedia