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encoding

noun

  1. systematic code
  2. process of creating a memory
  3. transmission process
  4. be encoded for a certain function, as with genes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/ / /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

noun

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

verb

  1. present 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.