workplaceencoding
nounUK /ˈwɜːkpleɪsɪnˌkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈwɜːrkpleɪsɪnˌkoʊdɪŋ/
Workplace encoding is the way a computer turns the words and symbols used at a job into a secret code it can store.
The IT team fixed the workplace encoding so employee names showed up correctly in the database.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of converting workplace documents into a digital format that computers can read.
Workplace encoding of old paper files took the clerk a whole week.
3. The hidden rules a company uses to sort and label its information.
New staff learn the workplace encoding for naming project folders on their first day.
4. A way of scrambling messages so only certain workers can read them.
The security team used workplace encoding to protect private emails.