convolutional code

convolutional code

[‚kän·vəlü·shən·əl ′kōd]

(communications)

An error-correcting code that processses incoming bits serially rather than in large blocks.

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convolutional code

(1) A type of AI architecture. See convolutional neural network.

(2) A type of forward error correction (FEC) in communications. See channel coding.

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