- Encoding
Encoding is the process of transforming information from one format into another. The opposite operation is called
decoding .There are a number of more specific meanings that apply in certain contexts:
*Encoding (in
cognition ) is a basic perceptual process of interpreting incoming stimuli; technically speaking, it is a complex, multi-stage process of converting relatively objective sensory input (e.g., light, sound) into subjectively meaningful experience.
*Character encoding is a code that pairs a set of natural language characters (such as analphabet orsyllabary ) with a set of something else, such as numbers or electrical pulses.
*Text encoding uses amarkup language to tag the structure and other features of a text to facilitate processing by computers. (See alsoText Encoding Initiative .)
*Semantics encoding of formal language A in formal language B is a method of representing all terms (e.g. programs or descriptions) of language A using language B.
*Electronic encoding transforms a signal into acode optimized for transmission or storage, generally done with acodec .
*Neural encoding is the way in which information is represented inneurons .
*Memory encoding is the process of converting sensations into memories.
*Encryption transforms information forsecrecy .ee also
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Coding
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