<s>
Levenstein	B-Algorithm
coding	I-Algorithm
,	O
or	O
Levenshtein	B-Algorithm
coding	I-Algorithm
,	O
is	O
a	O
universal	B-Algorithm
code	I-Algorithm
encoding	O
the	O
non-negative	O
integers	O
developed	O
by	O
Vladimir	O
Levenshtein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Levenstein	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
positive	O
integer	O
is	O
always	O
one	O
bit	O
longer	O
than	O
the	O
Elias	B-Algorithm
omega	I-Algorithm
code	I-Algorithm
of	O
that	O
integer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
Levenstein	O
code	O
for	O
zero	O
,	O
whereas	O
Elias	B-Algorithm
omega	I-Algorithm
coding	I-Algorithm
would	O
require	O
the	O
numbers	O
to	O
be	O
shifted	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
zero	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
one	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
