SKIP CODES

(n.) The codes that are used in the encoding of video data, either spatial or temporal. Spatial skip codes apply when all the pixels in several consecutive blocks within a video frame are the same color. In this case, the first block is fully described and a spatial skip code indicates that the next n blocks contain the same data. Temporal skip codes apply to the interframe compression process, instructing the decoder to skip over blocks in the current frame that are similar to those in the preceding frame. See also data compression