自じ己こ終しゅう端たん判はん別べつ

noun

self-delimiting

Computing term for a data format or encoding where the end of a unit can be determined from the data itself, without an external length field or terminator.

• 自じ己こ終しゅう端たん判はん別べつ方ほう式しきのデータ形けい式しきでは、データの終おわりを明めい示じ的てきに示しめす必ひつ要ようがない。

  In a self-delimiting data format, there is no need to explicitly indicate the end of the data.