run-length encoding

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run-length encoding

noun run-length encodings

countable, uncountable A simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text BBBBB is stored as a single B with count of 5).

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@misc{run_length_encoding_2026,
  title = {run-length encoding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/run-length%20encoding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}