Noun

block code (plural block codes)Category:English lemmas#BLOCKCODECategory:English nouns#BLOCKCODECategory:English countable nouns#BLOCKCODECategory:English multiword terms#BLOCKCODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLOCKCODECategory:Pages with entries#BLOCK%20CODECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLOCK%20CODE

1. (coding theory) A type of error-correcting code that encodes messages divided into fixed-sized blocks to codewords with a specific length.
   • 2007, Ron M. Roth, “Linear Codes” (chapter 2), in Introduction to Coding Theory, second edition, Cambridge University Press, page 26:

     Owing to their structure, linear codes are by far the predominant block codes in practical usage, and virtually all codes that will be considered in subsequent chapters are linear.

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