encode

3 definitions found

encode - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  encode \en*code"\ ([e^]n*k[=o]d"), v. t.
     To convert (a text, data) into a series of secret symbols by
     means of a code[5]; to encrypt.
  
     Syn: encrypt, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, inscribe, write
          in code.
          [PJC]

encode - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  encode
      v 1: convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally"
           [ant: decipher, decode, decrypt]

encode - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  encode
  
     1. <algorithm, hardware> To convert data or some physical
     quantity into a given format.  E.g. uuencode.
  
     See also encoder.
  
     2. <cryptography> To encrypt, to perform encryption.
  
     (1999-07-06)