"prefix coding" meaning in English

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          "text": "A prefix coding can use a code with code words {9, 55}, as it has the prefix property. However, a code consisting of {9, 5, 59, 55} is not allowed, as \"5\" is a prefix of \"59\" and also of \"55\".",
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        "A coding system that uses (typically variable-length) codes that are distinguished by their \"prefix property\", which requires that there is no code word in the system that is a prefix (initial segment) of any other code word in the system."
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          "word": "Elias gamma coding"
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          "word": "Elias omega coding"
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          "word": "Fibonacci coding"
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          "word": "Huffman coding"
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          "word": "Levenshtein coding"
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          "word": "Shannon–Fano coding"
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        "(computing theory) A coding system that uses (typically variable-length) codes that are distinguished by their \"prefix property\", which requires that there is no code word in the system that is a prefix (initial segment) of any other code word in the system."
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      "word": "Fibonacci coding"
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