Decoding

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Decoding is the process of transforming information from a difficult to understand stored symbols format to one that is easier to understand -which is the reverse of encoding. The corresponding verb is to decode. Specifically, it may also refer to:

• Parsing in computer science
• Digital-to-analog converter, "decoding" of a digital signal
• Phonics decoding in communication theory
• Decode (song), a 2008 song by Paramore
• deCODE genetics
• Decode (Oracle)

See also

• code (disambiguation)
• Decoder
• Decoding methods, methods in communication theory for decoding codewords sent over a noisy channel
• Codec (coder-decoder)
• recode (disambiguation)
• Video decoder