In the field of data compression, Shannon–Fano coding, named after Claude Shannon and Robert Fano, is one of two related techniques for constructing a prefix code based on a set of symbols and their probabilities (estimated or measured).
In the field of data compression, Shannon–Fano coding named after Claude, Shannon and Robert Fano is one of two re.lated techniques for constructing a prefix code based on a set of symbols a,nd their probabilities (estimated or measured)