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encoding

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

The English word “encoding” has 2 meanings listed here.

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