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But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction
3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown's discovery-oriented introduction to error correction codes, building up Hamming codes from the puzzle of locating a flipped bit. It explains the parity-check idea and why it is so efficient.
HN recommends it as an invaluable, intuitive explanation of Hamming codes that pairs well with hardware-oriented treatments.
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