A file rewritten in a coded way so that it makes sense to the computer but not to people.

Describes a file that's been translated from binary format to ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). This is done so the file can be sent using email.

A form of scrambling a television signal usually using a "fixed key" method where all descramblers of a certain type are pre-set to unscramble the encoded signal. (See also: Addressablilty, Encrypted, Scrambling)