Shannon–Fano coding should not be confused with Shannon coding, the coding method used to prove Shannon's noiseless coding theorem, or with Shannon–Fano–Elias coding (also known as Elias coding), the precursor to arithmetic coding.
香农-范诺编码不应该与香农编码混淆，后者的编码方法用于证明Shannon's noiseless coding theorem，或与Shannon–Fano–Elias coding（又被称作Elias coding）一起，被看做算术编码的先驱。