# Huffman coding

> entropy encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression

**Wikidata**: [Q2647](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2647)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffman_coding)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/huffman-coding


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)