kodiranje

Kodiranje is a term used in South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian to denote encoding and coding processes. It refers to transforming information from one representation into another, typically for storage, transmission, or interoperability. In everyday computing, the term is often encountered in the context of data encoding, where characters are mapped to bytes, or in data compression and encryption processes.

Character encoding examples include UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, and ASCII; these schemes convert characters to bytes and back. Encoding also encompasses audio and video formats, like MP3 or H.264, and various data formats used in networking, such as Base64.

Encoding schemes can include error detection and correction, redundancy, and integrity checks. Other areas use encoding to compress data (lossless and lossy) and to secure information through encryption or hashing.

Note that in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian, the process of writing software is typically called programiranje, while kodiranje refers more to data encoding and related transformations. In informal usage, some speakers may use kodiranje to mean programming, but that is not the standard term.

Professionals working with kodiranje include software engineers, data engineers, network engineers, and security specialists. Related topics include decoding, data encoding, data compression, cryptography, and programming (programiranje).