acceptedencoding
nounUK /əkˈseptɪd ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /əkˈseptɪd ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
The way a computer agrees to turn letters and symbols into code so it can understand them.
The browser sent its acceptedencoding so the server knew how to send the page.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A list of compression methods a client says it can handle.
The request header listed gzip and deflate as acceptedencodings.
3. The set of character encodings a program is willing to read.
The server checked the acceptedencoding before sending the text file.
4. A setting that tells a system which data formats it may receive.
If the acceptedencoding is missing, the server uses a default format.