ENCODING

encoding, encryption

(noun) the activity of converting data or information into code

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

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).

Verb

encoding

present participle of encode

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

7 February 2025

STORY

(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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