encoding

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Encoding converts digital data into these pages, while decoding translates them back into usable information.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

"We continue to develop new systems for encoding information. Encoding is also the basis of computer systems."

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Encoding all of those possible things in software is really hard.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023

A percentage of the proceeds goes to support the Script Encoding Initiative, a research project based at Berkeley, which is headed by the linguistics researcher Deborah Anderson, who is devoted to making Unicode truly universal.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2017

Encoding provided a measure of security but was not fail-safe.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau