"run-length encoding" meaning in All languages combined

See run-length encoding on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: run-length encodings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} run-length encoding (countable and uncountable, plural run-length encodings)
  1. (computing) A simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text BBBBB is stored as a single B with count of 5). Wikipedia link: run-length encoding Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing

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