huffmancode
nounUK /ˈhʌfmən kəʊd/
US /ˈhʌfmən koʊd/
A special way of storing data so that common pieces take less space.
The program used Huffman code to make the file smaller.
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2. A coding method that gives shorter bit strings to more frequent symbols.
Huffman code assigns the shortest codes to the most common letters.
3. A technique used in lossless data compression.
ZIP files often rely on Huffman code to shrink text.
4. A prefix-free binary code built from a Huffman tree.
Each character in the Huffman code can be decoded without ambiguity.