range coding

range coding

[′rānj ‚kōd·iŋ]
(engineering)
Method of coding a radar transponder beacon response so that it appears as a series of illuminated bars on a radarscope; the coding provides identification.
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The most important thing is that both range coding and 0-1 arithmetic coding are based on probability, and we always assume that the probability is constant.