encoding

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Synonyms: encoring, encasing, incoming, oncoming, eroding, enclosing, coding, decoding, endowing, noding, ending

Antonyms: encoring, encasing, incoming, oncoming, eroding, enclosing, coding, decoding, endowing, noding, ending

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|computing}} The way in which [[symbol]]s are mapped onto [[byte]]s, 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).

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|encode||ing-form}}

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