encoding
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊdɪŋ
- Hyphenation: en‧cod‧ing
NounEdit
encoding (plural encodings)
- (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
character encoding (computing)
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VerbEdit
encoding