Paper 1 · Communication
During the communication process, the message is converted to a symbolic form called
ADecoding
BEncoding ✓ Correct
CDeciphering
DExpanding
Correct answer: (B) Encoding — Converting the message into symbolic form is called encoding, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Converting the message into symbolic form is called encoding, so that is the answer.
★Encoding is the act of turning ideas into symbols such as words or signs.
★The sender encodes the message before sending it.
★So this conversion into a symbolic form is encoding.
★Decoding is the reverse, the receiver interpreting the symbols.
★Deciphering and expanding are not the term, so the answer is encoding.
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