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Prefix-free code — AQA GCSE Computer Science Definition

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Prefix-free code

GCSE Computer Science · key term

Prefix-free code

Definition

A set of codes in which no complete code is the beginning of another complete code.

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AQA GCSE Computer Science · 8525

Paper 2

Revise: Interpreting Huffman Trees

AQA Computer Science past papers

Related key terms

Binary stream
Huffman tree
Leaf
Root

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