In telecommunications, a self-synchronizing code is a line code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.
A self-synchronizing code permits the proper framing of transmitted code words provided that no uncorrected errors occur in the symbol stream.
External synchronization is not required.
Every self-synchronizing code is a kind of prefix code. However, many prefix codes are not self-synchronizing codes.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document "Federal Standard 1037C" (in support of MIL-STD-188).
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