encoding
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encoding (plural encodings)
- (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.
- A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).
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encoding
- Present participle of encode.