1. self-synchronizing - Adjective
2. self-synchronizing - Verb
self-synchronizing
present participle of self-synchronize
self-synchronizing (not comparable)
Being a uniquely decodable code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.
Berstel & Perrin (1985) p. 377 A self-synchronizing code permits the proper framing of transmitted code words provided that no uncorrected errors occur in the symbol stream ; external synchronization is not required. Source: Internet
Other terms for self-synchronizing code are synchronized code Berstel et al (2010) p. 137 or, ambiguously, comma-free code. Source: Internet
Unlike additive scramblers, multiplicative scramblers do not need the frame synchronization, that is why they are also called self-synchronizing. Source: Internet
Such schemes are known as self-synchronizing stream ciphers, asynchronous stream ciphers or ciphertext autokey (CTAK). Source: Internet