encode

See also: ENCODE and encodé

English

Etymology

en- +‎ code

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkoʊd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkəʊd/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Hyphenation: en‧code

Verb

encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)

1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.

   Synonyms: encipher, encrypt

   Antonyms: decode, decipher, decrypt

   Coordinate terms: recode, recipher

   encode a secret message to be sent

2. (transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.

   Coordinate term: transcode

   • 2012, Ben Masters, Noughties:

     The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes.

3. (biology) 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^[1], Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 5 December 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”

Derived terms

• encoder
• encoding

Related terms

• code
• codec
• re-encode

 

Translations

to convert plain text into code

• Bulgarian: кодирам (bg) (kodiram)
• Czech: zakódovat (cs) pf
• Danish: kode, indkode (da) n
• Finnish: koodata (fi)
• Georgian: დაშიფვრა (dašipvra), კოდირება (ḳodireba)
• Greek: κωδικοποιώ (el) (kodikopoió), κωδικογραφώ (kodikografó)
• Hungarian: kódol (hu)
• Japanese: 暗号化する (ja) (あんごうかする, angōka suru)
• Kazakh: шифрлау (şifrlau)
• Maori: whakawaehere
• Portuguese: codificar (pt)
• Romanian: codifica (ro)
• Spanish: codificar (es)
• Swedish: koda (sv)
• Vietnamese: mã hóa (vi)

to convert source information into another form

• Danish: kode, indkode (da) n
• Dutch: coderen (nl)
• Finnish: koodata (fi)
• Hungarian: kódol (hu), bekódol (hu), rejtjelez (hu), sifríroz (hu), titkosírásba áttesz
• Japanese: エンコードする (えんこーどする, enkōdo suru)
• Spanish: codificar (es)
• Vietnamese: chuyển mã

genetics

• French: encoder (fr), coder (fr)
• Hungarian: kódol (hu)
• Italian: codificare (it)
• Portuguese: codificar (pt)
• Spanish: codificar (es)

Noun

encode (plural encodes)

1. An encoding operation.
   • 2017, Tom Wolsky, From iMovie to Final Cut Pro X: Making the Creative Leap, page 378:

     When each encode is finished a notification will appear on your screen to let you know it's completed […]

Anagrams

• Cedeno

French

Verb

encode

1. inflection of encoder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative