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 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 of DNA in molecular biology
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Legal coding, 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
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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
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