Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burrows-wheeler transform

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: bur-rows-wheel-er -trans-form
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algorithm used in data compression that rearranges a character string into runs of similar characters.

Etymology

Invented by Michael Burrows and David Wheeler in 1994.

Inflected Forms

Burrows-Wheeler transforms (plural)

Questions

What does burrows-wheeler transform mean?: An algorithm used in data compression that rearranges a character string into runs of similar characters.
Where does burrows-wheeler transform come from?: Invented by Michael Burrows and David Wheeler in 1994.

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