verb🔗ShareTo convert (plain text) into code."The teacher is encoding the students' names into a secret code for a fun classroom activity. "computingtechnologycommunicationsignalelectronicsmachineinternetprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(communication) To convert source information into another form."The spy was encoding the secret message into a series of numbers. "communicationtechnologycomputingsignalinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material."The gene is encoding a protein crucial for the cell's repair mechanisms. "biologybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text."The encoding of emojis in the text message was different from the encoding used on my phone's keyboard. "computingtechnologycommunicationwritingelectronicstechnicalinternetmachinesystemsignalinfolanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient)."The teacher explained that encoding our passwords protects them from being easily read if someone steals the database. "technologycomputingcommunicationinternetsignalwritingmachineelectronicsinfoChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
