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  2. Comma-free code - Wikipedia

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    A comma-free code is block code in which no concatenation of two code words contains a valid code word that overlaps both. [1] Comma-free codes are also known as self-synchronizing block codes [2] because no synchronization is required to find the beginning of a code word.

  3. Two-letter country codes - Wikipedia

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    Two-letter country codes are used to represent countries and states (often both widely recognized and not) as a code of two letters. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 is the main set of two-letter country codes that is currently used. This standard set of codes is a part of ISO 3166-1, also maintains a list of three-letter codes for countries (ISO 3166-1 ...

  4. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...

  5. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    Some lists of common words distinguish between word forms, while others rank all forms of a word as a single lexeme (the form of the word as it would appear in a dictionary). For example, the lexeme be (as in to be ) comprises all its conjugations ( is , was , am , are , were , etc.), and contractions of those conjugations. [ 5 ]

  6. Bambini-Code - Wikipedia

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    The Bambini-Code was a brevity code used for tactical radio voice communications by the Swiss Air Force (SAF). [1] It was developed by the SAF during World War II and was used until 1998. [ 2 ] It is sometimes referred to as the "fifth national language" of Switzerland.

  7. Incest taboo - Wikipedia

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    An incest taboo is any cultural rule or norm that prohibits sexual relations between certain members of the same family, mainly between individuals related by blood. All known human cultures have norms that exclude certain close relatives from those considered suitable or permissible sexual or marriage partners, making such relationships taboo.

  8. List of Allied convoy codes during World War II - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 convoy routes organized, in all areas of the world; ...

  9. Coding theory - Wikipedia

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    Linear block codes have the property of linearity, i.e. the sum of any two codewords is also a code word, and they are applied to the source bits in blocks, hence the name linear block codes. There are block codes that are not linear, but it is difficult to prove that a code is a good one without this property.