prefix coding (English, noun)
expansion: prefix coding (plural prefix codings)
Senses:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: prefix codings
tags: plural
form: prefix code
tags: alternative