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, in coding theory 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 Queer coding Coding Theory See also Code Entropy encoding Transform coding