# Code conversion

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In [telecommunications](/source/telecommunications), the term '''code conversion''' has the following meanings: 

'''1.'''  Conversion of signals, or groups of signals, in one [code](/source/code) into corresponding signals, or groups of signals, in another code.  

'''2.'''  A process for converting a code of some predetermined [bit](/source/bit) structure, such as 5, 7, or 14 bits per [character interval](/source/character_interval), to another code with the same or a different number of bits per character interval. 

In code conversion, alphabetical order is not significant.

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