Meanings
nouncharacter encoding (plural character encodings)
plural character encodings
- computingA well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 編碼 /编码
- 編碼 /编码 (biānmǎ)well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
Finnish merkistökoodaus, tavuesitys
- merkistökoodauswell-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
- tavuesityswell-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
German Zeichenkodierung
- Zeichenkodierungwell-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
Greek κωδικοποίηση χαρακτήρων
- κωδικοποίηση χαρακτήρων (kodikopoíisi charaktíron)well-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
Hungarian karakterkódolás
- karakterkódoláswell-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
Polish zestaw znaków
- zestaw znakówwell-defined correspondence between text characters and numeric values
Cite this entry
APA
character encoding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20encoding
MLA
“character encoding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20encoding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “character encoding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/character%20encoding.
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