defaultencoding
nounUK /dɪˈfɔːlt ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /dɪˈfɔːlt ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
The usual way a computer turns letters and symbols into numbers when you don't pick one yourself.
If you don't choose a text format, the program will use its defaultencoding.
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2. The character set a system assumes when no encoding is specified.
The file was read with the defaultencoding, so some characters looked wrong.
3. A built-in setting in software that decides how text is stored or read.
Changing the defaultencoding fixed the garbled text in the document.
4. The initial encoding value used by a programming language's runtime.
Python's defaultencoding depends on the platform and environment.