prefix coding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

prefix coding prefix codings prefix code
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