Decoding or decode may refer to: is the process of converting code into plain text or any format that is useful for subsequent processes.
Science and technology
* Decoding, the reverse of
encoding
In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication ...
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Parsing
Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar. The term ''parsing'' comes from L ...
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Digital-to-analog converter
In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, D/A, D2A, or D-to-A) is a system that converts a digital signal into an analog signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) performs the reverse function.
There are several DAC archit ...
, "decoding" of a digital signal
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Phonics
Phonics is a method for teaching people how to read and write an alphabetic language (such as English, Arabic or Russian). It is done by demonstrating the relationship between the sounds of the spoken language (phonemes), and the letters or g ...
, decoding in communication theory
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Decode (Oracle)
In computer programming languages, a switch statement is a type of selection control mechanism used to allow the value of a variable or expression to change the control flow of program execution via search and map.
Switch statements function som ...
Other uses
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deCODE genetics
deCODE genetics ( is, Íslensk erfðagreining) is a biopharmaceutical company based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The company was founded in 1996 by Kári Stefánsson with the aim of using population genetics studies to identify variations in the hum ...
, a biopharmaceutical company based in Iceland
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"Decode" (song), a 2008 song by Paramore
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Decoding (semiotics)
Decoding, in semiotics, is the process of interpreting a message sent by an addresser (sender) to an addressee (receiver). The complementary processcreating a message for transmission to an addresseeis called encoding.
Overview
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, the interpreting of a message communicated to a receiver
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Code (disambiguation)
A code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another object or action, not necessarily of the same sort.
Code may also refer to:
Computing
* Code (metadata), data elements whose allowable values can be represented as enumerat ...
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Decoder (disambiguation)
Decoder may refer to:
Technology
* Audio decoder converts digital audio to analog form
* Binary decoder, digital circuits such as 1-of-N and seven-segment decoders
* Decompress (compression decoder), converts compressed data (e.g., audio/video/im ...
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Decoding methods
In coding theory, decoding is the process of translating received messages into codewords of a given code. There have been many common methods of mapping messages to codewords. These are often used to recover messages sent over a noisy channel, suc ...
, methods in communication theory for decoding codewords sent over a noisy channel
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Codec
A codec is a device or computer program that encodes or decodes a data stream or signal. ''Codec'' is a portmanteau of coder/decoder.
In electronic communications, an endec is a device that acts as both an encoder and a decoder on a signal or ...
, a coder-decoder
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Recode (disambiguation)
'' Recode'' is a technology news website.
Recode or recoding may also refer to:
* Recode (database), a biological database
* Recode, an act or product of transcoding a digital bitstream
* Recoding (biology), the process of genetic translation
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Video decoder
A video decoder is an electronic circuit, often contained within a single integrated circuit chip, that converts base-band analog video signals to digital video. Video decoders commonly allow programmable control over video characteristics such as ...
, an electronic circuit
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