Learning items

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Concept

Binary combinations

Each independent two-state position doubles the number of possible patterns.

Concept

Communication code

A code maps agreed signals to meanings that a receiver can recover.

Concept

Message boundaries

A receiver needs to identify where units of a message begin and end.

Concept

Variable-length code

A coding scheme can assign different numbers of symbols to different characters.

Vocabulary

Binary state

A representation uses two distinguishable possibilities for each position.

Vocabulary

Six-dot braille cell

A traditional braille cell has six positions that can each be raised or unraised.

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Charles Petzold