Coding may refer to:
Computer science
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Computer programming
Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called computer program, programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of proc ...
, 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 computer data storage, data sto ...
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Channel coding
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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Number coding in Metro Manila, a road space rationing policy implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines, commonly referred to as "coding"
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Coding (therapy), alternative therapeutic methods used to treat addictions in the post-Soviet countries
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Queer coding
See also
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Code
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 communicati ...
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Entropy encoding
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Transform coding
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