# run-length encoding

> simple form of data compression in which runs of data (sequences in which the same data value occurs in many consecutive data elements) are stored as a single data value and count

**Wikidata**: [Q2797](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2797)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/run-length-encoding


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013