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Encoding vs Decodable - What's the difference?

encoding | decodable |

As a noun encoding

is (computing) the way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, eg in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

As a verb encoding

is .

As an adjective decodable is

able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.

encoding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
  • A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).

    • Derived terms

    * font encoding * input encoding

    See also

    * Unicode * *

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1988 , date=1 March 1988 , author= , title=Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero , journal=Neuron citation
    • , passage=We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.}}

    decodable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
    • Decodable books are sold in packs, with more letter combinations appearing in each successive book.
  • (information theory) Of a code, having a non-singular extension; being a lossless encoding.

    • Derived terms

    * (information theory) uniquely decodable, UD

    External links

    * (decodable text)