block code
English
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Noun
[edit]block code (plural block codes)
- (coding theory) A type of error-correcting code that encodes messages divided into fixed-sized blocks to codewords with a specific length.
- 2007, Ron M. Roth, “Linear Codes” (chapter 2), in Introduction to Coding Theory, second edition, Cambridge University Press, page 26:
- Owing to their structure, linear codes are by far the predominant block codes in practical usage, and virtually all codes that will be considered in subsequent chapters are linear.
Translations
[edit]a type of error-correcting code
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