information encoding
1Encoding — 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 …
2Information — as a concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning,… …
3Information visualization — the interdisciplinary study of the visual representation of large scale collections of non numerical information, such as files and lines of code in software systems [S.G. Eick (1994). Graphically displaying text . In: Journal of Computational… …
4information theory — the mathematical theory concerned with the content, transmission, storage, and retrieval of information, usually in the form of messages or data, and esp. by means of computers. [1945 50] * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction a mathematical… …
5Encoding (memory) — Memory has the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be… …
6Information theory — Not to be confused with Information science. Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering involving the quantification of information. Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental… …
7Encoding Control Notation — The Encoding Control Notation (ECN) is a standardized formal language that is part of the Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) family of international standards [cite web url=http://www.itu.int/rec/T REC X.680 200203 I/en title=ITU T Rec. X.680 / …
8Information Object Class (ASN.1) — ASN.1 Information Object Class is a concept widely used in ASN.1 specifications to address issues related to protocol specification similar to issues addressed by CORBA/IDL specifications.Information Object Classes are used for example to specify …
9encoding — encode UK US /ɪnˈkəʊd/ US / ˈkoʊd/ verb [T] ► IT to put information into a form in which it can be stored, and which can only be read using special technology or knowledge: »HTML is the programming language used to encode documents to that they… …
10Information retrieval — This article is about information retrieval in general. For the fictional government department, see Brazil (film). Information retrieval (IR) is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for… …
