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Hamming distance

Hamming distance noun: given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string into the other.

Noun

Hamming distance (plural Hamming distances)

  1. Given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string into the other.

Forms of Hamming distance

pluralHamming distances

Origin of Hamming distance

Named after American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915–1998).

Questions about Hamming distance

What does Hamming distance mean?
Hamming distance means given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string into the other.
What part of speech is Hamming distance?
Hamming distance is a noun.
What is the plural of Hamming distance?
The plural of Hamming distance is Hamming distances.

Words near Hamming distance in the dictionary

  1. hammily
  2. hamminess
  3. hamming
  4. Hamming code
  5. Hamming codes
  6. Hamming distance
  7. Hamming distances
  8. hamming it up
  9. hamming up
  10. Hammir
  11. Hammitt

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