Coding
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The term '''coding''' has the following meanings:
*In [[communication]]s systems, the altering of the characteristics of a [[Signalling (telecommunication)|signal]] to make the signal more suitable for an intended application, such as optimizing the signal for [[transmission (telecommunications)|transmission]], improving transmission quality and [[fidelity]], modifying the signal spectrum, increasing the [[information]] content, providing [[error correction and detection|error detection and/or correction]], and providing [[data security]] (''Note:'' A single coding scheme usually does not provide more than one or two specific capabilities. Different codes have different sets of advantages and disadvantages.) See also [[Coding theory]].
*In communications and [[computer]] systems, implementing rules that are used to map the elements of one [[set]] onto the elements of another set, usually on a one-to-one basis
*The [[digital]] encoding of an [[analog signal]] and, conversely, decoding to an analog signal
*[[Computer programming]]
*The process of [[Statistical classification|classification]] of information (vs. use of "free text" e.g. in [[Medical informatics|Medical Informatics]]), see also [[coding (social sciences)]] and [[legal coding]].
*In [[:Category:Medical classification|medical coding]], diagnoses and procedures are assigned to categories in their respective [[Taxonomy|taxonomies]].
*''Source: [[Federal Standard 1037C]]''
*A [[coding strand]] of [[DNA]] is translated into a [[protein]] product.
*Present progressive tense for [[Code Blue]], which is a patient in [[Cardiac Arrest]] or [[Respiratory Arrest]]
==See also==
* [[Code]]
* [[Channel coding]]
* [[Entropy encoding]]
* [[Source coding]]
* [[Encoding]]
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