Lexic.us

Definition of Encoding

1. Noun. The activity of converting data or information into code.

Definition of Encoding

1. Noun. (context: 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. ¹

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

3. Verb. (present participle of encode) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Encoding

1. encode [v] - See also: encode

Medical Definition of Encoding

1. The first stage in the memory process, followed by storage and retrieval, involving processes associated with receiving or briefly registering stimuli through one or more of the senses and modifying that information; a decay process or loss of this information (a type of forgetting) occurs rapidly unless the next two stages, storage and retrieval, are activated. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Encoding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"encoding encoding refers to the method used to prepare information for ... Present television pictures are transmitted and stored with analog encoding. ..."

2. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"11.7 Self-application, types, and double encoding So far we have not considered self-application. Contrary to the languages studied previously, ..."

3. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"... Unicode encoding, and then converts the character string to the encoding of the current SAS session Reads a character string that is in the encoding of ..."

4. Base SAS(R) 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4 by Sas Institute (2006)
"For the encoding= attribute, the following table summarizes how the COPY ... Table 15.4 CLONE and the encoding Attribute Option COPY Statement CLONE results ..."

5. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"... Cellular Location of RNA encoding the rbA Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channel in Rat Brain J. ... encoding ..."

6. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"encoding='encoding-value' specifies the encoding to use when reading from or writing to the external file. The value for encoding= indicates that the ..."

7. Defend Your Data!: Guide to Data Recovery by David J. Stang (1991)
"When IBM began shipping hard disks with XTs, it chose MFM encoding. This encoding approach became so popular that many programs were written which assumed ..."

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