Coding may refer to:
Computer science
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Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation (or more generally, accomplishing a specific computing result), usually by designing and building an executable computer program. Programming involves tasks such as anal ...
, the process of creating and maintaining the source code of computer programs
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Line coding
In telecommunication, a line code is a pattern of voltage, current, or photons used to represent digital data transmitted down a communication channel or written to a storage medium. This repertoire of signals is usually called a constrained co ...
, in data storage
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Source coding, compression used in data transmission
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Coding theory
Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are studied ...
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Channel coding, in coding theory
Other uses
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Coding (social sciences)
Coding may refer to:
Computer science
* Computer programming, the process of creating and maintaining the source code of computer programs
* Line coding, in data storage
* Source coding, compression used in data transmission
* Coding theory
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, an analytical process in which data are categorized for analysis
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Coding strand
When referring to DNA transcription, the coding strand (or informational strand) is the DNA strand whose base sequence is identical to the base sequence of the RNA transcript produced (although with thymine replaced by uracil). It is this stran ...
of DNA in molecular biology
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Legal coding
Legal coding is the process of creating summary or keyword data from a document. It is widely used in the legal profession to create a fast-search index or database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accesse ...
, the process of creating summary or keyword data from a document in the legal profession
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Medical coding
A clinical coder—also known as clinical coding officer, diagnostic coder, medical coder, or nosologist—is a health information professional whose main duties are to analyse clinical statements and assign standard codes using a classification ...
, representation of medical diagnoses and procedures in standard code numbers
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Queer coding
Queer coding is the subtextual coding of a character in media as queer. Though such a character's sexual identity may not be explicitly confirmed within their respective work or they may in fact be straight despite their queer mannerisms, a cha ...
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Coding Theory
Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are studied ...
See also
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Code
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Entropy encoding
In information theory, an entropy coding (or entropy encoding) is any lossless data compression method that attempts to approach the lower bound declared by Shannon's source coding theorem, which states that any lossless data compression method ...
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Transform coding
Transform coding is a type of data compression for "natural" data like audio signals or photographic images. The transformation is typically lossless (perfectly reversible) on its own but is used to enable better (more targeted) quantization, ...
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