encoding

noun

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

(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.

Roots

caudexcod- · Latin · tree trunk, block of wood

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