constantvalueencoding

noun
UK /ˈkɒnstənt ˈvæljuː ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈkɑːnstənt ˈvæljuː ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

A way of writing data where the value stays the same every time.

The program used constant value encoding to store the fixed color red in every pixel.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A compression method that replaces repeated identical values with a single stored constant.

Run-length encoding is a simple form of constant value encoding for images with large flat areas.

3. A technique in machine learning where a feature is encoded as a single unchanging numeric value.

The model treated the country field with constant value encoding because all training rows had the same country.

4. A protocol rule that assigns a predefined, non-changing code to a specific signal or message.

The sensor network used constant value encoding to mark every heartbeat packet with the same identifier.