Reed's Law

Reed's law states that "the person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer."

The Missionary position is a perfect example of Reed's Law, as the position is named after Chester Missionary, an 18th century sex pest, rather than the caveman who invented it 1 million years prior.

by Supercilious Prick December 28, 2021

Reed's Law

"Reed's Law" is an adage coined by @Andrew_Reed which states that "the person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer."

This dude just got reed's law'd lol

by CallMeKor December 27, 2021

Reed's Law

The person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer.

"The person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer." - Person A
"I call this reed's law" - Person B
"That person just got reed's law'd lol" - Person C

by CallMeKor December 27, 2021

Reed Senter

The hottest, sweetest, nicest, coolest guy in the entire world. He's rocks the trombone and he rocks my socks. I love you Reed!

Reed is going to email Meghan ([e-mail]) because he wants to talk to her. (or rather she has a bunch of stuff to tell him)

by the one and only January 15, 2005

Reed Story

noun: an awesome story with no climax whatsoever that all your friends will laugh at because its lack of everything.

Reed: "So guys, the other day, I went to the store to get some pants, but I ended up not getting any pants."

Friends: "That was a Reed story...."

by dumbledore00 September 25, 2011

reed sufrin

a person who is totally awesome but always calls u a ditcher; a person who is really obsessed with old school skating and hes pretty good at it actually hes pro but he isnt as good as his master and teacher christian paullin see also christian paullin

dude that guy busted a reed when he got mad at me for not hanging out with him

by christian pauuuuuuuuullllin November 22, 2004

Reed-Solomon code

An error detection code or an error correcting code or a combination of both which is particularly suited to the correction of burst error or errors that are strongly correlated.

A popular Reed-Solomon code is RS(255,223) with 8-bit symbols. Each codeword contains 255 code word bytes, of which 223 bytes are data and 32 bytes are parity. For this code:
n = 255, k = 223, s = 8
2t = 32, t = 16
The decoder can correct any 16 symbol errors in the code word: i.e. errors in up to 16 bytes anywhere in the codeword can be automatically corrected.

by Spirit Bear March 20, 2004