phase encoding
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phase encoding
[′fāz in′kōd·iŋ] (computer science)
A method of recording data on magnetic tape in which a logical 1 is defined as the transition from one magnetic polarity to another positioned at the center of the bit cell, and 0 is defined as the transition in the opposite direction, also at the center of the cell. Also known as Manchester coding.
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(1) (Phase Encoding) An early magnetic encoding method used on 1600 bpi tapes in which a 1 is an up transition and a 0 is a down transition in the center of the bit cell.(2) (Processing Element) One of multiple CPUs in a parallel processing system.
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