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编码

biān mǎ · bian ma

Traditional 編碼

Meaning

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  1. to code
  2. to encode
  3. code
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Why is the file garbled?

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)文件(wénjiàn)打开(dǎkāi)是(shì)乱码(luànmǎ)。

    This file opens as garbled text.

  2. Dengdeng

    可能(kěnéng)是(shì)编码(biānmǎ)不对(bùduì)。

    Maybe the encoding is wrong.

  3. Liangliang

    编码(biānmǎ)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What is encoding?

  4. Dengdeng

    就是(jiùshì)电脑(diànnǎo)把(bǎ)字(zì)变成(biànchéng)数字(shùzì)的(de)方法(fāngfǎ)。

    It is how a computer turns characters into numbers.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)换(huàn)一种(yīzhǒng)编码(biānmǎ)试试(shìshì)。

    Then I will try another encoding.

  6. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)，能(néng)打开(dǎkāi)了(le)！里面(lǐmiàn)只有(zhǐyǒu)一句话(yījùhuà)，明天(míngtiān)交(jiāo)作业(zuòyè)。

    Look, it opens! There is only one sentence inside: hand in homework tomorrow.

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2 examples
01

这(zhè)段(duàn)程(chéng)序(xù)需(xū)要(yào)重(chóng)新(xīn)编(biān)码(mǎ)才(cái)能(néng)运(yùn)行(xíng)。

This program needs to be recoded before it can run.

02

每(měi)个(gè)汉(hàn)字(zì)在(zài)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)里(lǐ)都(dōu)有(yǒu)对(duì)应(yìng)的(de)编(biān)码(mǎ)。

Every Chinese character has a corresponding code in a computer.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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