Codestream

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stream of code.

    "The codestream obtained after compression of an image with JPEG 2000 is scalable in nature, meaning that it can be decoded in a number of ways."

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"The codestream obtained after compression of an image with JPEG 2000 is scalable in nature, meaning that it can be decoded in a number of ways."

Etymology

From code + stream.

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