reflected binary

reflected binary

[ri′flek·təd ′bī‚ner·ē]

(computer science)

A particular form of gray code which is constructed according to the following rule: Let the first 2 ^N code patterns be given, for any N greater than 1; the next 2 ^N code patterns are derived by changing the (N + 1)-th bit from the right from 0 to 1 and repeating the original 2 ^N patterns in reverse order in the N rightmost positions. Also known as reflected code.

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