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
  • Channel coding
  • Encryption coding, a process of converting sensitive information into numerical code with a security key

Other uses

  • Coding (social sciences), an analytical process in which data are categorized for analysis
  • Coding strand of DNA in molecular biology
  • Legal coding, the process of creating summary or keyword data from a document in the legal profession
  • Medical coding, representation of medical diagnoses and procedures in standard code numbers
  • Number coding in Metro Manila, a road space rationing policy implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines, commonly referred to as "coding"
  • Coding (therapy), alternative therapeutic methods used to treat addictions in the post-Soviet countries
  • Queer coding

See also

  • Code
  • Entropy encoding
  • Transform coding