Elias coding

Elias coding is a term used for one of two types of lossless coding schemes used in digital communications:

Shannon–Fano–Elias coding, a precursor to arithmetic coding, in which probabilities are used to determine codewords
Universal coding using one of Elias' three universal codes, each with predetermined codewords:

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