supportedencoding

noun

UK /səˈpɔːtɪd ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

US /səˈpɔːrtɪd ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

A way a computer uses to turn letters and symbols into numbers it can store and read.

The website lists UTF-8 as a supported encoding for its pages.

SYNONYMS

character encoding character set text encoding code page

RELATED WORDS

Unicode UTF-8 charset decoder byte order mark

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A character set that a program or system is able to read and display correctly.

Check the manual to see which supported encodings the printer accepts.

3. The set of text formats a browser can interpret when loading a file.

The browser falls back to a supported encoding when the page does not declare one.

4. An encoding option that a software library officially allows for input and output.

The API rejects files that are not in a supported encoding.