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== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/ Rhymes: -əʊdɪŋ Hyphenation: en‧cod‧ing === Noun === encoding (plural encodings) (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. Coordinate term: codification A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient). Antonym: decoding ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Unicode UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-7 iso-8859-1, cp-1252 === Verb === encoding present participle and gerund of encode