Decoding methods: Difference between revisions

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In [[coding theory]], '''decoding''' is the process of translating received messages into [[codewords]] of a given [[code]]. There have been many common methods of mapping messages to codewords. These are often used to recover messages sent over a [[noisy channel]], such as a [[binary symmetric channel]].