encode

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Recent Examples of encode Mathematicians had long known that crucial secrets about exotic spheres and other manifolds are encoded in objects known as stable homotopy groups of spheres. Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025 These cells encoded how long the animal rested in front of the door. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025 Variations of this problem show up in various forms across computer science, especially in error coding and cryptography—fields focused on securely and accurately encoding data as it’s transmitted. Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2025 Our findings suggest that this early dominance of the right hemisphere in encoding sound information might amplify its control of auditory processing, deepening the imbalance between hemispheres. Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for encode
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  • There are privacy implications, of course, but Google says all location data is anonymized and encrypted.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
  • Double and triple extortion strategies, which threaten to not only encrypt data but also leak sensitive information, are raising the stakes.
    Michelle Drolet, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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  • With a minor in computer science and AI, Saville thought there had to be a better way to go from component design to CNC machine program than relying on a human manually coding all the steps.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • From Writing Code To Guiding Systems Tools like Cursor and Windsurf are eliminating repetitive coding tasks.
    Sebastian Avila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

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