Hamming code

noun

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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Meanings

nounHamming code (plural Hamming codes)

plural Hamming codes

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

Origin

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

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