encoding

UK /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/ US /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

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 transmission to a recipient).

ADJ.

binary, oldest

The oldest encoding system used by humans was simply drawing pictures on cave walls.

VERB + ENCODING

involves, read

Reading encoding standards was necessary to understand how the system stored text data.

ENCODING + NOUN

information, prose, structure

The ancient manuscript's encoding structure made it difficult for scholars to decipher the original text.

PREP.

in, in, on

The team focused on encoding the video files before uploading them to the server.

noun — the activity of converting data or information into code

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

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All conversation involves the encoding and decoding of information.

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The “Book of Changes” presents the oldest binary encoding.

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I read the article "Encoding Information Structure in Yucatec Maya: On the Interplay of Prosody and Syntax."

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If you like Lojban, maybe read the research paper "Lojban as a Tool for Encoding Prose on the Semantic Web."

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