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Recent Examples of encode
One solution is to encode information into logical qubits that can detect and handle such errors.
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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
The prize emerges when leaders can explicitly name the steps of their organization’s work and encode them into agents.
—John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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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
The prize emerges when leaders can explicitly name the steps of their organization’s work and encode them into agents.
—John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encode
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In other words: not end-to-end encrypted, but far from an open book.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Community College of Beaver County is under a cyberattack, with unknown bad actors encrypting all college data and demanding ransom payments to lift it.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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In the past, peptides were generally believed to be fragments of larger proteins; this doctor’s work helped establish that our genes actually code for many small peptides directly, some of which could become targets or blueprints for new drugs.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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For more than a decade, universities and policymakers told young people that learning to code was the surest path to a high-paying job.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 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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