encoding

noun

1. 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.
2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of encode

   “We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.”