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In [[communication theory]] and [[coding theory]], '''decoding''' is the process of translating received messages into [[codewords]] of a given [[code]]. This article discusses common methods of mapping messages to codewords. These methods are often used to recover messages sent over a [[noisy channel]], such as a [[binary symmetric channel]].there are several methods in decoding.

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