encoding

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: en‧cod‧ing

encoding (plural encodings)

1. (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.
2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).

• Unicode
• UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-7
• iso-8859-1, cp-1252

encoding

1. present participle and gerund of encode
   • 1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, in Neuron‎, →DOI, page 73:

     We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.