Kódována

Kódována is the feminine singular past passive participle of the Czech verb kódovat, meaning to encoded or to encode, to cipher, or to assign a code. It is used as an adjective or in passive voice constructions to indicate that a feminine noun has undergone encoding.

In Czech, the past passive participle agrees with the gender and number of the noun it describes. The corresponding forms include kódovaný (masculine singular), kódované (neuter singular or plural in some contexts), and kódováni/kódovány (plural forms). The feminine form kódována specifically appears with feminine singular subjects, for example in a sentence like zpráva byla kódována (the report was encoded).

Usage and contexts: the term is common in information technology, data processing, cryptography, and data security, where data or messages are described as having been encoded, encrypted, or otherwise marked with a code. It can appear in technical documentation, software localization, and security reports to indicate that a dataset or communication has undergone encoding.

Etymology and semantics: kódovat derives from the noun kód (code) with the Czech verb suffix -ovat, forming a verb meaning “to encode.” The past passive participle is used to describe results of encoding, rather than ongoing actions. The word retains its standard diacritics in proper text; without diacritics it would be kodovana, which is nonstandard Czech and may cause confusion.

See also: kódování, kód, šifrování, dešifrování, dekódovat.