Meaning of Huffman coding | Babel Free
Definitions
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).
Examples
“In Huffman coding, shorter code-words are assigned to more frequent symbols so that the average code-length is reduced.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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