encoding

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.

Noun

  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.

    Coordinate Terms: codification

  2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).

    Antonyms: decoding

Forms

encodings

Related

Unicode UTF-8 UTF-16 UTF-7 iso-8859-1 cp-1252

Derived

autoencoding byte pair encoding character encoding Church encoding font encoding input encoding Manchester encoding percent-encoding run-length encoding URL encoding

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of encode
    • We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath. - 1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein...