English

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).

Derived terms

• font encoding
• input encoding

See also

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

Translations

Verb

encoding

1. present participle of encode
   • 1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, in Neuron, DOI:10.1016/0896-6273(88)90211-5, page 73:

     We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.