Definition:Hamming Code
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Definition
A Hamming code is an error-correcting code of a particular type.
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Also see
- Results about Hamming codes can be found here.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Richard Wesley Hamming.
Historical Note
The Hamming codes were published by Richard Wesley Hamming in $1950$.
They are in common use in computer memory.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hamming code