Definition:Error-Correcting Code/K
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Definition
A $k$-error-correcting code is an error-correcting code that can correct up to $k$ transmission errors.
Also see
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Historical Note
The theory of error-correcting codes was initially developed by Marcel Jules Edouard Golay and Richard Wesley Hamming.
The method has since been used to correct transmission errors on messages received from outer space on space missions to the planets.
As a result, detailed close-up pictures of the planets have been obtained.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): error-correcting code