encode

An encoding operation.

Noun

  1. An encoding operation.
    • When each encode is finished a notification will appear on your screen to let you know it's completed […] - 2017, Tom Wolsky, From iMovie to Final Cut Pro X: Making the Creative Leap, page 378:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English code English encode From en- + code.

Forms

encodes

Verb

  1. To convert (plain text) into code.
    • encode a secret message to be sent

    Synonyms: encipher encrypt

    Antonyms: decode decipher decrypt

    Coordinate Terms: recode recipher

  2. To convert source information into another form.
    • The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes. - 2012, Ben Masters, Noughties:

    Coordinate Terms: transcode

  3. To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
    • Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to...

Forms

encodes encoding encoded

Related

code codec

Derived

encodability encodable encodement encoder encoding misencode percent-encode re-encode reencoder unencode