Encoding
Banking
The process used to imprint or inscribe MICR characters on checks, deposits, and other financial instruments. [Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) is a character-recognition technology adopted mainly by the banking industry to facilitate the processing of checks. Each check in encoded at the bottom with the dollar amount of the check. If that information is entered incorrectly, there is an encoding error.]
- — Dictionary of Banking Terms and Phrases
- — Dictionary of Banking Terms and Phrases retrieved 2014-05-16
Personal Finance
The process used to imprint or inscribe MICR characters on checks, deposits, and other financial instruments. (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) is a character recognition technology adopted mainly by the banking industry to facilitate the processing of checks. Each check in encoded at the bottom with the dollar amount of the check. If that information is entered incorrectly, there is an encoding error.)
- — Pocket Cents Glossary retrieved 2014-05-16
A method of sending binary (non-text files) with e-mail messages. Common encoding options include: Mime, BinHex, UUencode, etc. Sender and receiver must both use the same method.