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{{short description|Pattern used within a communications system to represent digital data}}

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[[File:NRZcode.png|thumb|An example of coding a binary signal using rectangular [[pulse-amplitude modulation]] with polar [[non-return-to-zero]] code]]

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In [[telecommunicationtelecommunications]], a '''line code''' is a pattern of voltage, current, or photons used to represent digital data [[transmission (telecommunications)|transmitted]] down a [[communication channel]] or written to a [[storage medium]]. This repertoire of signals is usually called a '''constrained code''' in data storage systems.<ref>{{Cite journal

|journal= IEEE Communications Magazine

|date=2022