Gray codes
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Gray codes
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005699
- info:lc/authorities/sh2007005699
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2007005699#concept
Instance Of
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Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Reflected binary codes
- Reflective binary codes
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Anantha, Madhusudhanan. Gray codes and their applications, 2007: abstract (An n-bit Gray code is an ordered set of all 2n binary strings of length n)
- found: McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003 (Gray code: a modified binary code in which sequential numbers are represented by expressions that differ only in one bit, to minimize errors; also known as reflective binary code)
- found: Wikipedia, accessed July 19, 2007 (Gray code: The reflected binary code, also known as Gray code after Frank Gray, is a binary numeral system where two successive values differ in only one digit)
- found: Doran, R.W. The Gray code, 2007 (What we now call "Gray code" was invented by Frank Gray; the term "Gray code" is sometimes used to refer to any single-distance code, that is, one in which adjacent code words (perhaps representing integers differing by 1) differ by 1 in one digit position only)
- found: Spargo, J.W. A gray code to natural binary decoder, 1983.
Change Notes
- 2007-07-25: new
- 2007-09-13: revised
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