Question

Define encoding and state the need for encoding text information

Answer 1

Encoding is a process of putting sequence of characters into specialized format for efficient transmission or storage.  

Decoding is opposite process of conversion of an encoded format back to the original sequence of character.

An encoding standard is numbering technique assigning every text character in set to numeric value.

Character set includes alphabetical characters, numbers and symbols.  

Answer 2

Answer:

Encoding -

Formation of message is called encoding.