rightcharacterencoding

noun

UK /raɪt ˈkærəktər ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

US /raɪt ˈkærəktər ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

The correct way a computer stores letters and symbols so they show up properly.

The website looked broken until we fixed the rightcharacterencoding.

SYNONYMS

correct encoding proper character set accurate text encoding valid encoding

RELATED WORDS

charset Unicode UTF-8 text encoding character set

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The setting that tells a program which character set to use when reading a file.

Set the rightcharacterencoding before opening the text file.

3. A match between written symbols and their stored numeric codes.

The database uses the rightcharacterencoding for every language.

4. The process of choosing the correct code for each character in a document.

Good rightcharacterencoding prevents garbled text.