cross-script encoding
nounUK /krɒs skrɪpt ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /krɔs skrɪpt ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Writing words from one alphabet using the letters or symbols of a different alphabet.
The app uses cross-script encoding to show the Russian name in English letters.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of converting text between different writing systems while keeping its meaning.
Cross-script encoding helped the team move the document from Cyrillic to Latin letters.
3. A way to represent characters from one script inside a computer system built for another script.
The old database needed cross-script encoding to store Japanese names.
4. The act of mapping each symbol in one writing system to a matching symbol in another.
Their cross-script encoding table pairs Greek letters with Latin ones.