odczytywaniu

Odczytywanie is a linguistic term describing the act of reading, decoding, or interpreting information from a source. It denotes the process of extracting meaning or data, rather than merely recognizing written characters. The noun is formed from odczytać (to read or interpret) with the gerund suffix -wanie; the related noun odczyt refers to the result of reading or the act itself in a more concrete sense. The form odczytywaniu appears as the locative singular in phrases such as w odczytywaniu danych or na odczytywaniu sygnałów.

The term is used across several domains. In literary and cultural studies, odczytywanie indicates interpretative reading of a text, where multiple readings may coexist and scholars discuss underlying meanings, motifs, and contexts. In information technology and data science, odczytywanie describes reading and extracting information from sources such as files, databases, logs, or sensor data, often involving parsing, decoding, or data transformation. In electronics and telecommunications, it can refer to decoding a transmitted signal or interpreting a received data stream. In archaeology, palaeography, and linguistics, odczytywanie can mean deciphering inscriptions, manuscripts, or coded scripts.

Usage notes: odczytywanie emphasizes the act of deriving information, which may be literal or figurative, and can imply analysis or interpretation beyond surface-level reading. It is distinct from czytanie, which is the general act of reading, and odczyt, which is the result or instance of having read a text or data.

See also: odczyt, odczytywanie (process), dekodowanie, interpretacja.