encode
Origin of encode
1Other words from encode
- en·cod·a·ble, adjective
- en·code·ment, noun
- en·cod·er, noun
- mis·en·code, verb (used with object), mis·en·cod·ed, mis·en·cod·ing.
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How to use encode in a sentence
There is, after all, something hopeful about a future that was smart about encoding our civil liberties.
It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security | Lawrence Lessig | June 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNegative encoding, from an advertiser's perspective, is still better than no encoding at all.
“They were nice people,” said Dennis Scarna, an encoding engineer who took a job at the company in 1999.
Jennifer Sultan’s Arrest for Gun Running Caps Long Fall From Internet Success | Matthew DeLuca | July 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis text includes a few characters that require utf-8 (unicode) file encoding.
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Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century | Samuel JohnsonLiteracy only indirectly reflects the encoding of experience in a medium of expression and communication.
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British Dictionary definitions for encode
/ (ɪnˈkəʊd) /
to convert (a message) from plain text into code
computing to convert (characters and symbols) into a digital form as a series of impulses: Compare decode (def. 2)
to convert (an electrical signal) into a form suitable for transmission
to convert (a nerve signal) into a form that can be received by the brain
to use (a word, phrase, etc, esp of a foreign language) in the construction appropriate to it in that language
Derived forms of encode
- encodement, noun
- encoder, noun
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Scientific definitions for encode
[ ĕn-kōd′ ]
To specify the genetic code for the synthesis of a protein molecule or a part of a protein molecule.
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