Email this page to a friend

Hamming distance

<data> The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another.

Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.

[Connection with Hamming code?].

< Previous Terms	Terms Containing Hamming distance	Next Terms >
Hamiltonian problem Hamiltonian tour Hamilton's problem hammer Hamming code	gray code Hamming code Richard Hamming	Hamming, Richard hamster Han character HAND hand cruft