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 Data processing, information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter (alphabet), letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes data compression, shortened or ...
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Parsing
Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is a process of analyzing a String (computer science), string of Symbol (formal), symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal gramm ...
, in computer science
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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.
DACs are commonly used in musi ...
, "decoding" of a digital signal
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Phonics
Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing to beginners. To use phonics is to teach the relationship between the sounds of the spoken language (phonemes), and the letters (graphemes) or groups of letters or syllables of the written ...
, 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 s ...
Other uses
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deCODE genetics
deCODE genetics () 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 human genome associated with c ...
, a biopharmaceutical company based in Iceland
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"Decode" (song), a 2008 song by Paramore
* ”Decode”, a song by Sabrina Carpenter from the album
Emails I Can't Send
''Emails I Can't Send'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released on July 15, 2022, through Island Records. It is primarily a pop and folk-pop record with synth-pop production and elements of alternative p ...
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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
All communication ...
, 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 enumerated ...
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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/i ...
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Decoding methods
In coding theory, decoding is the process of translating received messages into Code word (communication), codewords of a given code. There have been many common methods of mapping messages to codewords. These are often used to recover messages se ...
, methods in communication theory for decoding codewords sent over a noisy channel
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Codec
A codec is a computer hardware or software component 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 o ...
, a coder-decoder
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Recode (disambiguation)
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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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