commonencoding

noun

UK /ˈkɒmən ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

US /ˈkɑːmən ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

A common way to turn information into a special code so computers can store or send it.

The app uses commonencoding to save the picture in a smaller file.

SYNONYMS

standard encoding usual encoding regular encoding typical encoding

RELATED WORDS

decoding file format data compression character set

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A widely used method for converting text into numbers.

ASCII is a commonencoding for English letters.

3. The usual way of changing data into a form that can be sent over a network.

The website relies on commonencoding to send messages safely.

4. A shared set of rules for representing symbols in a computer.

UTF-8 is a commonencoding that supports many languages.