Definition:Coding

Definition

Coding is a method of processing a message before it is transmitted.

Encryption

Encryption is the process of building ciphertext from plaintext.

Hence it can be described as the process of making a message difficult to read by a third party.

Error-Correcting Code

An error-correcting code is a form of encryption that identifies transmission errors, and corrects messages corrupted during transmission.

This is usually done by making the transmitted codeword contain extra characters whose purpose is to detect whether the codeword has been corrupted during transmission.

Also see

• Results about codings can be found here.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): coding: 1.