(information theory) A forward-error-correction (FEC) code for the binary erasure channel, which transforms a message of k symbols into a longer message with n symbols such that the original message can be recovered from a subset of the n symbols.

(coding theory) A rateless erasure code.

plural of fountain code

plural of erasure code

Any of a series of three-letter codes (often abbreviations) for counties and similar administrative units of the British Isles used especially in the field of genealogy

plural of native code

(computing) source code written in a code readable by the processor

(computing) source code that is compiled into native code for execution, rather than executing only under Microsoft's Common Language Runtime.

(computing) Source code that will execute only under Microsoft's Common Language Runtime.

(computing) Alternative form of bytecode