monospaceencoding

noun

UK /ˈmɒnəʊspeɪsɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

US /ˈmɑːnoʊspeɪsɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

A way of writing letters and symbols so each one takes up the same amount of space.

The programmer used monospaceencoding so the columns in the text file lined up perfectly.

SYNONYMS

fixed-width encoding uniform-width encoding constant-width encoding typewriter encoding

RELATED WORDS

typeface font character set text file alignment

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A method of storing text where every character uses the same number of bytes.

The old database relied on monospaceencoding to keep records the same size.

3. The process of converting text into a fixed-width format for display on screens or printers.

Monospaceencoding made the code easy to read on the terminal.

4. A style of digital writing in which spacing is even, often used for tables and code.

She chose monospaceencoding for the report so the numbers stayed in neat columns.