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ratelessly

ratelessly adverb: in a rateless manner; in a manner that employs a rateless code.

Adverb

ratelessly (not comparable)

  1. In a rateless manner; in a manner that employs a rateless code.
    • The scheme is decentralized, requiring no co-ordination, and can be operated ratelessly. that is, it can be run indefinitely until successful reception (at which stage that fact is signaled to all nodes, …2004, Proceedings of the University of Illinois, volume 42, part 1, page 21
    • Decoding can be done by Gaussian elimination, and the scheme can be operated ratelessly, i.e. it can be run indefinitely until successful reception (at which stage that fact is signaled to other nodes).2006, Desmond S. Lun et al., “Network Coding in Wireless Networks”, in Frank H. P. Fitzek, Marcos D. Katz, editors, Cooperation in wireless networks: principles and applications

Origin of ratelessly

From rateless + -ly.

Questions about ratelessly

What does ratelessly mean?
Ratelessly means in a rateless manner; in a manner that employs a rateless code.
What part of speech is ratelessly?
Ratelessly is an adverb.

Words near ratelessly in the dictionary

  1. rateen
  2. ratees
  3. Ratekau
  4. ratel
  5. rateless
  6. ratelessly
  7. ratelessness
  8. ratels
  9. ratemaker
  10. ratemakers
  11. ratemaking

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