(computing theory) An entropy-encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression, involving a variable-length code table derived from the estimated probability of occurrence of each symbol (so that more frequent symbols take less space to store).

present participle of color code

present participle of bio-code

ambiguity in the interpretation of language depending on the frame of reference used / mixture of postmodern techniques with traditional styles

present participle of zip code

present participle of dress-code

plural of predictive coding

(telecommunications) A line code in which the encoding of each data bit has at least one transition and occupies the same time.

(computing theory) A coding system that uses (typically variable-length) codes that are distinguished by their "prefix property", which requires that there is no code word in the system that is a prefix (initial segment) of any other code word in the system.

plural of prefix coding