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to encode

to encode

52 4.9
To change information into a special code a computer can read or to keep it secret
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈkoʊd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : codificar
  • The software can encode the data into a secure format for transmission over the internet.
  • encode information
  • encode a message
  • encode text

For AI, it feels like it's harder to encode that kind of weight.

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Examples

  • The majority of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and follow the usual Mendelian patterns of inheritance.

    Academic text (2017)
  • These are variants in genes that encode for what are called olfactory receptors.

  • You can just encode code as a number or encode data as a number.

  • There are four reasons to encode the knowledge held in a computer system:

    Academic text (1991)
  • And so I could actually encode the whole programme as a sequence of numbers.

  • OK, now how am I going to encode that with variables?

  • The system uses no more than 20 rules to encode five types of repair actions with different targets.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But equally important is the understanding of how programs encode search problems and their instances.

    Academic text (2011)
  • One might think that beginning readers would need more time to encode the visual information from the fixated word.

    Academic text (2013)
  • As children interact with others, they initially encode and interpret social cues.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

to encrypt
vsto encode
  • Specialized
54 6.7

Change information into a code to stop other people from reading it

also covers making data computer-ready and for transmission not only security
to code
vsto encode
  • Specialized
54 4.3

To change a message into signs or numbers so others cannot read it

focuses on making data usable for computers or secure transmission
to encipher
vsto encode
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To change a message into a secret code so others cannot read it

focuses more on making data usable for computers and safe to send
to cipher
vsto encode
  • Specialized
1 9.1

To put a message into a secret code

is also used for general data conversion for computing or secure transmission
to cypher
vsto encode
  • UK
9.6

To put a message into a secret code

is broader converting data for computers or secure transmission rather than only secrecy

Antonyms

51 3.8

To change coded information into normal words

How Secure

to encrypt
  • Specialized
54 6.7
to encode
  • Specialized
52 4.9

Surface Forms

encode infinitive
encoded past
encoded past participle
encoding present participle
encodes third person singular

Morphology

encode = code (transparent) = en + code

The meaning is clearly derived from the base word 'code' with the prefix 'en-' indicating the action of applying a code.

Etymology

The word encode comes from the parts en- meaning 'in' and code meaning 'a system of signs'. So to encode something is to put information 'into a code', for example so a computer can read it or so the message is kept secret.