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pseudocodeword

pseudocodeword noun: the result obtained when a decoder fails to converge on a codeword, but instead converges on some other code structure.

Noun

pseudocodeword (plural pseudocodewords)

  1. The result obtained when a decoder fails to converge on a codeword, but instead converges on some other code structure.
    • We examine the structure of pseudocodewords in Tanner graphs and derive lower bounds of pseudocodeword weights.2004, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, page 67
    • Other notions of pseudocodeword-like structures such as stopping sets are also known to coincide with these polytope vertices.2008, Ming-Yang Kao, Encyclopedia of Algorithms, page 481

Forms of pseudocodeword

pluralpseudocodewords

Origin of pseudocodeword

From pseudo- + codeword.

Questions about pseudocodeword

What does pseudocodeword mean?
Pseudocodeword means the result obtained when a decoder fails to converge on a codeword, but instead converges on some other code structure.
What part of speech is pseudocodeword?
Pseudocodeword is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudocodeword?
The plural of pseudocodeword is pseudocodewords.

Words near pseudocodeword in the dictionary

  1. pseudococculinids
  2. pseudococcus
  3. pseudocode
  4. pseudocoded
  5. pseudocodes
  6. pseudocodeword
  7. pseudocodewords
  8. pseudocoding
  9. pseudocoel
  10. pseudocoelia
  11. pseudocoelom

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