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Recent Examples of encode
Scientists sequenced the genomes of organisms to catalog all of their DNA, learning how genes encode the proteins that carry out life’s functions.
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Stephen D. Turner, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
One solution is to encode information into logical qubits that can detect and handle such errors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
These particles would encode the bits of a unique serial number.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Huge amounts of data could be archived in a compact format for millennia, by using lasers to encode that data into glass.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
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Stephen D. Turner, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
One solution is to encode information into logical qubits that can detect and handle such errors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
These particles would encode the bits of a unique serial number.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Huge amounts of data could be archived in a compact format for millennia, by using lasers to encode that data into glass.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encode
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For example, the Royal Canadian Mint has encrypted codes on its coins that only specific scanners can read and verify.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Most cloud computing services encrypt data in transit and at rest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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Is learning to code on your bucket list?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 May 2026
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Programmers had to find ways to code equations as efficiently as possible.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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An Enigma ciphering machine that was donated to the museum by telecommunications company SIRTI.Photo: Cantalupi, Pavia One of the artifacts from SIRTI collection was a German ciphering machine used in World War II, an Enigma, Savini says.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2020
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