encode

[en-kohd] /ɛnˈkoʊd/

verb (used with object), encoded, encoding.

to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.

Origin

1930-35; en-¹ + code

Related forms

encodable, adjective

encodement, noun

encoder, noun

misencode, verb (used with object), misencoded, misencoding.

British Dictionary definitions for encodes

/ɪnˈkəʊd/

verb (transitive)

to convert (a message) from plain text into code

(computing) to convert (characters and symbols) into a digital form as a series of impulses Compare decode (sense 2)

to convert (an electrical signal) into a form suitable for transmission

to convert (a nerve signal) into a form that can be received by the brain

to use (a word, phrase, etc, esp of a foreign language) in the construction appropriate to it in that language

Derived Forms

encodement, noun
encoder, noun

Word Origin and History for encodes

1919, from en- (1) "make, put in" + code. Computing sense is from 1955, usually shortened colloquially to code. Related: Encoded; encoding.

encodes in Science

encode

(ěn-kōd')
To specify the genetic code for the synthesis of a protein molecule or a part of a protein molecule.