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Definition 2024

character_encoding

character encoding

English

Noun

character encoding ‎(plural character encodings)

(computing) A well-defined correspondence between characters and numbers used to represent them.

Related terms

character set

Translations

well-defined correspondence between characters and numbers used to represent them

Chinese: 编码 (biānmă)
Finnish: tavuesitys
German: Zeichenkodierung f

Greek: κωδικοποίηση χαρακτήρων ‎(kodikopoíisi charaktíron)
Hungarian: karakterkódolás