encoding

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

Noun

encoding (plural encodings)

1. (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.
2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).

Translations

• French: codage
• German: Kodierung
• Portuguese: codificação
• Russian: (result) кодиро́вка
• Spanish: codificación

Verb

1. present participle of encode#English|encode

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