# Hamming code

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of a family of linear error-correcting codes that generalize the Hamming(7,4)-code invented by Richard Hamming in 1950.

## Etymology
Named after American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915–1998).

## Source
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