French word

codage

Pronunciation

IPA/kodaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounencoding

Example

Quel est le codage de ce fichier ?

What encoding does this file use?

Illustration for codage (encoding)

More examples

Le codage vidéo réduit la taille du fichier.

Video encoding reduces the file size.

Core concept

A coded representation made by applying the same agreed rules to information, viewed both as a procedure and its output.

Common phrases

  • codage vidéo

    video encoding

  • le codage du fichier

    file encoding

Similar words

encodage: The process of representing character data using a specific character encoding.

Definition in French

Processus de conversion d'informations en une suite de signes selon des règles, et produit résultant de ce processus.

Word origin

French formed codage from code and the suffix -age, which commonly names an action, a process, or its resulting product.

Usage tips

  • The final -age in codage is pronounced like the sound in French garage, so codage ends in /aʒ/, not an English-style /eɪdʒ/.

Other meanings

  • codingnoun

Opposites

  • décodagedecodingnoun

Related words

  • encodageencodingnoun
  • encoderencodeverb

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