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Encoding

Well in general terms, and you haven't given us any specific context:

Encoding is taking one set of characters/symbols and translating them into another.

So, I might take A-Z and encode them as 1-26. This is not the same as encryption , as all I have done is converted alphabetic characters to numeric ones.

Another simple example: Save Our Souls (S.O.S) = ... --- ... in Morse code.

I would need a more specific question or at least the context in which you encountered the term to be more specific.