uniform-lengthcode
nounUK /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm ˈlɛŋθ kəʊd/
US /ˈjuːnɪfɔːrm ˈlɛŋθ koʊd/
A uniform-length code is a code where every word is the same length.
In a uniform-length code, the message 010 101 110 uses three bits for every word.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A coding scheme in data compression where all codewords have an identical number of bits.
The engineer chose a uniform-length code to simplify decoding.
3. A method in information theory where each symbol maps to a codeword of equal size.
A uniform-length code assigns the same number of bits to every symbol.
4. A type of error-detecting code in which every encoded block has the same length.
The protocol uses a uniform-length code so the receiver knows exactly how many bits to read.