noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   the activity of converting data or information into code wordnet
3. 3
   A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of encode form-of, gerund, participle, present

   "We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bitchanneldecodingencryptionentropyinformation theory

Antonyms

All antonyms

decoding

Example

More examples

"If you want to use Chinese characters, be sure you've saved your files in the UTF-8 encoding."

Related phrases

Church encodingManchester encodingbyte pair encodingcharacter encodingfont encodinginput encodingrun-length encodingiso 8859 1utf 8

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