David A. Huffman

David A. Huffman was a computer scientist best known for creating Huffman coding, a method for efficiently compressing data. This technique assigns shorter codes to more common characters and longer codes to less common ones, minimizing the total amount of data needed to represent information. Huffman’s algorithm is widely used in digital communication and file compression, helping reduce file sizes without losing any information. His work improved data storage and transmission, making digital systems faster and more efficient.