encode

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The 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]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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)

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