Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefix coding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fix -cod-ing
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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"."

Inflected Forms

prefix codings (plural) prefix code (alternative)

Questions

What does prefix coding mean?: 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.

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