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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Adroit (talk | contribs) at 17:27, 30 September 2024 (Prefix-free or self-synchronizing?: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Prefix-free or self-synchronizing?

I'm new to this subject but I noticed an apparent contradiction:

> Unary coding is both a prefix-free code and a self-synchronizing code.

Is in the first paragraph, so I learn that Unary coding is prefix-free. But then clicking through to Self-synchronizing_code I read:

> Every self-synchronizing code is a prefix code, but not all prefix codes are self-synchronizing.

So if it's self-synchronizing it must be a prefix code, but the article says it's prefix-free. What am I missing? Paradox (talk) 17:27, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]