A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient), the activity of converting data or information into code, 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, verb_ Present participle of encode

The act or an instance of the supplying of documents or supporting references or records, The collation, synopsizing, and coding of printed material for future reference, documentary validation,

The process of encoding or decoding, The process of writing computer software code, act of writing in code or cipher,