Generating a code alphabet of symbols to generate codewords for words used with a program

摘要

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating a code alphabet for use by a deployed program to determine codewords for words. A first code alphabet has a first number of symbols that provide variable length codings of the words. A second code alphabet is generated having a second number of symbols formed by merging the symbols in the first code alphabet, wherein the second code alphabet comprises the code alphabet used by the deployed program.

主权项

1. A computer program product for generating a code alphabet for use by a deployed program to determine codewords for words used in a computing system, wherein the codewords have an average codeword length less than a length of the words, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to perform operations, the operations comprising:
generating a code alphabet having a number of symbols formed by merging symbols that provide variable length codings of the words, wherein the code alphabet is used by the deployed program.