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Quantum computers encode information in qubits, described by IBM as the equivalent in a way of the traditional bit used in old-fashioned computers to encode data in binary.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
The neural wave had propagated further, reaching brain areas that encode not just place but social connection.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
Scientists sequenced the genomes of organisms to catalog all of their DNA, learning how genes encode the proteins that carry out life’s functions.
—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
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
The neural wave had propagated further, reaching brain areas that encode not just place but social connection.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
Scientists sequenced the genomes of organisms to catalog all of their DNA, learning how genes encode the proteins that carry out life’s functions.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encode
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Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
19 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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In health care, the minibar is a secondary diagnosis — and the financial incentive to find one, document one, or code one more aggressively than the clinical reality warrants is enormous.—
Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
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That said, the consensus seems to be that adding instructions to code that sabotage other people’s work goes too far.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
28 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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