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
In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Any particular compression is either lossy or lossless. Lossless compressio ...
, compression used in data transmission
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Coding theory
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Channel coding, in coding theory
Other uses
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Coding (social sciences), 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, representation of medical diagnoses and procedures in standard code numbers
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Queer coding
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Coding Theory
See also
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Code
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Entropy encoding
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Transform coding
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