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prefix code

prefix code is the alternative form of prefix coding.

Meaning of prefix coding

Noun

prefix coding (plural prefix codings)

  1. 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.
    • 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".

Forms of prefix code

pluralprefix codes

Questions about prefix code

What is prefix code the alternative form of?
Prefix code is the alternative form of prefix coding.

Words near prefix code in the dictionary

  1. prefit
  2. prefits
  3. prefitted
  4. prefitting
  5. prefix
  6. prefix code
  7. prefix codes
  8. prefix coding
  9. prefix codings
  10. prefix notation
  11. prefix tree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefix code (page history and authors); prefix coding (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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