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code there is a prefix code that has the same code word lengths. Kraft's inequality characterizes the sets of code word lengths that are possible in a uniquely decodable code.

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If every word in the code has the same length, the code is called a fixed-length code, or a block code (though the term block code is also used for fixed-size error-correcting codes in channel coding).

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