encode

See also: ENCODE and encodé

English

Etymology

en- +‎ code

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkoʊd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkəʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Hyphenation: en‧code

Verb

encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)

1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
2. (transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.
3. (biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.

Antonyms

• decode

Derived terms

• encoder
• encoding

Related terms

• code
• codec
• decode
• re-encode
• transcode

Translations

to convert plain text into code

• Bulgarian: кодирам (bg) (kodiram)
• Czech: zakódovat (cs) pf
• Finnish: koodata (fi)
• Georgian: დაშიფვრა (dašipvra), კოდირება (ḳodireba)
• Greek: κωδικοποιώ (el) (kodikopoió), κωδικογραφώ (kodikografó)
• Japanese: 暗号化する (ja) (あんごうかする, angōka suru)
• Maori: whakawaehere

• Portuguese: codificar (pt)
• Romanian: codifica (ro)
• Spanish: codificar (es)
• Swedish: koda (sv)
• Vietnamese: mã hóa (vi)

to convert source information into another form

• Dutch: coderen (nl)
• Finnish: koodata (fi)
• Japanese: エンコードする (えんこーどする, enkōdo suru)

• Spanish: codificar (es)
• Vietnamese: chuyển mã

genetics

• French: encoder (fr), coder (fr)
• Italian: codificare (it)

• Portuguese: codificar (pt)
• Spanish: codificar (es)

References

• Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, John; Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry‎^[1], Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”

Anagrams

• Cedeno

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French

Verb

encode

1. first-person singular present indicative of encoder
2. third-person singular present indicative of encoder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of encoder
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of encoder
5. second-person singular imperative of encoder