The act or process of converting information into a code or special format.
From 'encode' + '-ment' (a suffix forming nouns from verbs). The '-ment' suffix comes from Old French and Latin, indicating an action or result.
While 'encoding' is more common today, 'encodement' shows how English once preferred '-ment' endings—languages constantly shuffle which suffixes feel 'right' to speakers.
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