encode

verb

en·code | \in-ˈkōd,

en-\

encoded; encoding; encodes

Definition of encode

1a : to convert (something, such as a body of information) from one system of communication into another especially : to convert (a message) into code

b : to convey symbolically the capacity of poetry to encode ideology— J. D. Niles

2 : to specify the genetic code for

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Credit cards are encoded with cardholder information. a technology that encodes images

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As for the Handbrake test, not much changed there with the test PC re-encoding a 3.8GB HD MKV file in one hour and 15 minutes. — Ian Paul, PCWorld, "Bitdefender Total Security 2019 review: This AV suite builds a better autopilot," 13 Sep. 2018 The documents that encoded the participatory democracy of which Americans tend to be so proud expressly barred the electoral, civic, and economic participation of the nonwhite and the non-male. — Rebecca Traister, The Cut, "Summer of Rage," 29 June 2018 So the latest study used a new technique known as whole-exome sequencing to only target genes that encode proteins. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Unraveling the Genetics Behind Why Some People “See” Sound and “Hear” Color," 12 Mar. 2018 Frequently, such SNPs are not even in the bits of the genome that directly encode proteins. — The Economist, "A big collaboration is trying to understand diseases of the psyche," 28 June 2018 Data encoded with FontCode can also endure across any image-preserving digital format, like PDF or PNG. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "You Can Send Invisible Messages With Subtle Font Tweaks," 20 May 2018 The early history of cinema—a mix of dangerous chemicals and early consumerism—can be found encoded in the architecture of the building. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "There Are Secrets in the Texas Theatre," 25 May 2018 One user converts a random sequence of 1s and 0s into a quantum key encoded in those two polarization states and sends it streaming to another person. — Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, "The Quantum Internet Has Arrived (and It Hasn’t)," 16 Feb. 2018 Neither is how to identify the most important instincts and encode them flexibly. — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, "How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child," 24 May 2018

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