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encoding

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noun/ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ//ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
  1. 1

    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. 2

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

verb/ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ//ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of encodeform-ofgerundparticiple

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

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