Richard Hamming built the first error-correcting code in 1950. The classical [7,4,3] Hamming code he wrote is a literal component of the quantum Steane code.
Richard Hamming, The Man Who Made Computers Reliable
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Richard Hamming built the first error-correcting code in 1950. The classical [7,4,3] Hamming code he wrote is a literal component of the quantum Steane code.