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Gray code

The reflected binary code (RBC), also known as reflected binary (RB) or Gray code after Frank Gray, is an ordering of the binary numeral system such that two successive values differ in only one bit (binary digit).

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History and practical application

Constructing an n-bit Gray code

Converting to and from Gray code

Special types of Gray codes

Gray isometry

Related codes

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Gray code

Nodes115
Edges114
Triples179
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
Components1

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Gray code

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related to Beckett–Gray code · 18
Gray code → According, An, Another, Beckett, Clearly, Computer Programming, Donald Knuth's Art, Each, FIFO, Gray, His, Irish, It, Quad, Samuel Beckett, Sawada, The, Wong
related to Related codes · 16
Gray code → Carl, Codes, Datex, Giannini, Gillham, Gray, II, Leslie, Lucal, MRB, O'Brien, Royal Radar Establishment, Russell, Spaulding, There, Varec
related to Single-track Gray code · 12
Gray code → Brandestini, Gray, Hiltgen, Norman, Paterson, Single-track Gray Codes, Spedding, STGC, The, The STGC, To, Yet
related to n-ary Gray code · 10
Gray code → An, As, Boolean, Boolean Gray, BRGC, For, Gray, One, The, There
related to Converting to and from Gray code · 9
Gray code → ALU, CLMUL, Gray, Gray-to-binary, If MASK, MASK, On, The, While
related to Invention · 9
Gray code → BRGC, Frank Gray, George, Gray, He, In, Stibitz, The, The Bell Labs
related to Error correction · 8
Gray code → By, Codes, For, Gray, In, PSKCodes, QAM, This
related to Excess Gray code · 8
Gray code → Adding, Example, Gray, Gray-encoded, If, Reason, The, This
related to Constructing an n-bit Gray code · 7
Gray code → For, G0, G1, Gn, Gray, The, This
related to Position encoders · 6
Gray code → Each, For, Gray, Other, This, Together

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code gray binary codes one bit displaystyle number position bits two used value example reflected also possible change output positions

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Gray codeis aelectronic counter in this case0.90text
Gray codeis an-ary Gray code0.90text
Gray codeis an-ary Gray code with k digits0.90text
Gray codeis asingle-track Gray code0.90text
digital terrestrial televisioninstance ofinstead of two.Gray codes are widely used to prevent spurious output from electromechanical switches and to facilitate error correction in digital communications0.80text
some cable TV systemsinstance ofinstead of two.Gray codes are widely used to prevent spurious output from electromechanical switches and to facilitate error correction in digital communications0.80text
QAM where data are typically transmitted in symbols of four bitsinstance ofin a digital modulation scheme0.80text
or moreinstance ofin a digital modulation scheme0.80text
the signal's constellation diagram is arranged so that the bit patterns conveyed by adjacent constellation points differ by only one bitinstance ofin a digital modulation scheme0.80text
QAM where data is typically transmitted in symbols of 4 bits or moreinstance ofin a digital modulation scheme0.80text
the Mannheim metric be used to calculate the distance between two encoded locationsinstance ofwhere the code would be applied to area maps such as a Mercator projection of the earth's surface and an appropriate cyclic two-dimensional distance function0.80text
thereby combining the characteristics of the Hamming distance with the cyclic continuation of a Mercator projection.Excess Gray codeIf a subsection of a specific codevalue is extracted from that valueinstance ofwhere the code would be applied to area maps such as a Mercator projection of the earth's surface and an appropriate cyclic two-dimensional distance function0.80text

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