noun
- The activity of converting data or information into code.
- synonyms: encryption
verb
- Convert information into code.
- usage: "encode pictures digitally"
- synonyms: encode
Encoding and Computing
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noun
- The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures.
- synonyms: computer science
- The procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
- synonyms: calculation, computation
verb
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(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Compute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary