encode
pronunciation
How to pronounce encode in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkəʊd]
How to pronounce encode in American English:
US [ɪnˈkoʊd]
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- Verb:
- convert ordinary language into code
Word Origin
- encode (v.)
- 1917, from en- (1) "make, put in" + code (n.). Computing sense is from 1955, usually shortened colloquially or for clarity to code. Related: Encoded; encoding.
Example
- 1. Biobricks are dna sequences that encode basic biological functions .
- 2. This is important , because your brain needs time to encode the information properly .
- 3. In place of simple associations between words , these networks encode relationships between unique entities .
- 4. Usually , their processors encode information into either individual atoms or molecules made up of two atoms .
- 5. Two of the encode mutations involved are also known to cause a rare disease called mucolipidosis .