Hamming code

English

Etymology

Named after American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915–1998).

Noun

Hamming code (plural Hamming codes)

  1. (telecommunications) Any of a family of linear error-correcting codes that generalize the Hamming(7,4)-code invented by Richard Hamming in 1950.
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