codificação — meaning in English

English meaning

• coding noun The activity of writing computer programs.
• encoding noun The system used to match symbols to bytes, for instance how a font displays characters or how key presses turn into text on screen.

Senses

codificação is used for these senses in English:

• coding The process of encoding or decoding.
• encoding (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.

coding — full definition

1. noun The activity of writing computer programs.
2. adjective Describing a vehicle restricted on certain days under a number-based traffic rationing scheme.

encoding — full definition

1. noun The system used to match symbols to bytes, for instance how a font displays characters or how key presses turn into text on screen.
2. noun Turning ordinary text into a coded or secret form so it can be sent to someone else.

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