rawencoding
nounUK /rɔː ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /rɔː ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Rawencoding is a way of saving data exactly as it is, without changing it.
The program used rawencoding to store the picture bytes without any compression.
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2. A method of converting text into a byte sequence that preserves every original value.
Rawencoding kept the special characters intact when the file was transferred.
3. In computing, the act of writing data to storage in its original, unprocessed form.
The logger performed rawencoding of sensor readings for later analysis.
4. A low-level representation of media or signals without any lossy or lossless transformation.
The audio engineer chose rawencoding to avoid any quality loss during capture.