sign-includedencoding
nounUK /saɪn ɪnˈkluːdɪd ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /saɪn ɪnˈkluːdɪd ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
A way of writing secret codes where the sign is kept inside the code.
The teacher explained sign-includedencoding so the class could hide messages in plain sight.
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2. A coding method in which the plus or minus sign of a number is stored as part of the number itself.
Using sign-includedencoding, the computer kept the negative sign inside the stored value.
3. A way to send a signal together with the data so the receiver knows how to read it.
The radio used sign-includedencoding to tell the receiver when a message started.
4. A technique where a marker is built into a code to show its type or direction.
With sign-includedencoding, each code carried a tiny marker that showed which way it pointed.