Convolutional Code: A type of error-correcting code where input data is encoded into a continuous sequence, utilising convolution operations to disperse information across the coded output.

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The following decade experienced a quantum leap in the performance of wireless communications primarily driven by the introduction of Convolutional Codes in 1955 by Elias.