Meanings
nounencoding (plural encodings)
plural encodings
- computingThe 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 transmission to a recipient).
Antonyms: decoding
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of encode
We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.
1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, in Neuron, →DOI, page 73
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
Opposite
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nounthe activity of converting data or information into code
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Translations
Arabic تَرْمِيز, إِنْكُودِينْغ
- تَرْمِيز (tarmīz)character encoding (computing)
- إِنْكُودِينْغ (ʔinkūdinḡ)character encoding (computing)
Chinese Mandarin 編碼 /编码
- 編碼 /编码 (biānmǎ)character encoding (computing)
Dutch codering
- coderingcharacter encoding (computing)
Esperanto kodoprezento
- kodoprezentocharacter encoding (computing)
Finnish koodaus
- koodauscharacter encoding (computing)
French codage
- codagecharacter encoding (computing)
German Kodierung
- Kodierungcharacter encoding (computing)
Greek κωδικοποίηση
- κωδικοποίηση (kodikopoíisi)character encoding (computing)
Hebrew קִידוּד
- קִידוּד (kidúd)character encoding (computing)
Hindi एन्कोडिंग
- एन्कोडिंग (enkoḍiṅg)character encoding (computing)
Japanese エンコーディング, 文字コード
- エンコーディング (enkōdingu)character encoding (computing)
- 文字コード (moji-kōdo)character encoding (computing)
Korean 인코딩
- 인코딩 (inkoding)character encoding (computing)
Polish kodowanie
- kodowaniecharacter encoding (computing)
Portuguese codificação
- codificaçãocharacter encoding (computing)
Russian кодиро́вка, набо́р си́мволов
- кодиро́вка (kodiróvka)character encoding (computing)
- набо́р си́мволов (nabór símvolov)character encoding (computing)
- коди́рование (kodírovanije)character encoding (computing)
Spanish codificación
- codificacióncharacter encoding (computing)
Swedish kodning
- kodningcharacter encoding (computing)
Vietnamese biên mã
- biên mãcharacter encoding (computing)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with encoding
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APA
encoding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoding
MLA
“encoding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encoding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoding.
Source: encoding on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.