encode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To convert (plain text) into code.
To convert source information into another form.
To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.

noun

name

Abbreviation of Encyclopedia of DNA Elements; a catalogue of all the functional elements, encoded in the human genome.

/ɪnˈkoʊd/ /ɪnˈkəʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encode.wav

encode encodes encoding encoded

From en- + code.

encipher encrypt

decode decipher decrypt

code codec

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

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