encode

One entry found for encode.

Main Entry: en·code
Pronunciation: in-'kOd, en-
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to convert (as a body of information) from one system of communication into another; especially : to convert (a message) into code b : to convey symbolically <the capacity of poetry to encode ideology -- J. D. Niles>
2 : to specify the genetic code for
- en·cod·er noun