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run-length encodings

run-length encodings is the plural of run-length encoding.

Meaning of run-length encoding

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).

Questions about run-length encodings

What is run-length encodings the plural of?
Run-length encodings is the plural of run-length encoding.

Words near run-length encodings in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run-length encodings (page history and authors); run-length encoding (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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