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block codes

block codes is the plural of block code.

Meaning of block code

Noun

block code (plural block codes)

  1. (coding theory) A type of error-correcting code that encodes messages divided into fixed-sized blocks to codewords with a specific length.
    • Owing to their structure, linear codes are by far the predominant block codes in practical usage, and virtually all codes that will be considered in subsequent chapters are linear.2007, Ron M. Roth, “Linear Codes” (chapter 2), in Introduction to Coding Theory, second edition, Cambridge University Press, page 26

Questions about block codes

What is block codes the plural of?
Block codes is the plural of block code.

Words near block codes in the dictionary

  1. block chains
  2. block cipher
  3. block ciphers
  4. block coal
  5. block code
  6. block codes
  7. block coefficient
  8. block coefficients
  9. block comment
  10. block comments
  11. block copolymer

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