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run-length encoding

run-length encoding noun: a simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text BBBBB is stored as a single B with count of 5).

Noun

run-length encoding (countable and uncountable, plural run-length encodings)

  1. A simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text BBBBB is stored as a single B with count of 5).

Forms of run-length encoding

pluralrun-length encodings

Questions about run-length encoding

What does run-length encoding mean?
Run-length encoding means a simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text BBBBB is stored as a single B with count of 5).
What part of speech is run-length encoding?
Run-length encoding is a noun.
What is the plural of run-length encoding?
The plural of run-length encoding is run-length encodings.

Words near run-length encoding in the dictionary

  1. run-downs
  2. run-flat
  3. run-flats
  4. run-in
  5. run-ins
  6. run-length encoding
  7. run-length encodings
  8. run-o'-the-mill
  9. Run-O-Waters
  10. run-of-the-mill
  11. run-of-the-river

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