DocumentCode
1237796
Title
Variations on a Method for Representing Data Items of Unlimited Length
Author
Luccio, Fabrizio
Author_Institution
Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Pisa
Issue
4
fYear
1985
fDate
4/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
439
Lastpage
441
Abstract
A recent encoding method [11 is revisited here, and two simple variations are proposed to reduce the length of the encoded data strings. The new variations also decrease encoding time, and allow numerical data to be represented in any base.
Keywords
Data length specification; decoding numbers; encoding numbers; storing data in memory; unlimited length data; variable length data; Costs; Decoding; Encoding; Information retrieval; Data length specification; decoding numbers; encoding numbers; storing data in memory; unlimited length data; variable length data;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1985.232233
Filename
1702026
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