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[Solved] Is “multiplex” a proper name for bit concatenation? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/programming
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I don’t remember the first time I saw this word but I suspect the word multiplex is not the proper one. How would you name this:

Shot name is multiplexed as 15:17, where:
* The first 15 bits stores the sequence number.
* The last 17 bits stores the shot number.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Thanks all! So it seems packed is the proper word. With pack/unpack being the name of the process.

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[–] coloredgrayscale 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(time) Multiplex would be if you only had a single 17bit field and alternate the two elements.

[–] o11c 1 points 1 year ago

Time-division isn't the only kind of multiplexing ... but I guess most of the others already have more specific names.