statisticalencoding
nounUK /stəˈtɪstɪkəl ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /stəˈtɪstɪkəl ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Statistical encoding is a way of storing information using numbers and patterns so it takes up less space.
The app uses statistical encoding to make the video file smaller without losing quality.
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2. A method in computing that assigns shorter codes to common symbols and longer codes to rare ones.
Huffman coding is a famous kind of statistical encoding.
3. The process of turning patterns found in data into a compact numeric form for analysis.
Researchers applied statistical encoding to the survey results before running the model.
4. In information theory, reducing message size by exploiting how often each symbol appears.
Statistical encoding helped the satellite send images back faster.