CODING SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coding system" is a kind of...):

writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coding system"):

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)