encodingerror
nounUK /ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ ˈerə/
US /ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ ˈerər/
A mistake that happens when a computer cannot understand or read some information.
The app showed an encoding error when I opened the old text file.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A problem in which text characters are turned into the wrong symbols.
Strange symbols appeared because of an encoding error.
3. A failure that occurs while a program changes data from one form into another.
The video failed to save due to an encoding error.
4. A message a computer shows when it cannot process coded information correctly.
She fixed the encoding error by choosing the right character set.