encode
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Telegraphy was nearly instantaneous, but it required skilled operators at each end of the line to encode and decode the message, effectively slowing transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Qubits, meanwhile, are the basic units of information that encode data in a quantum machine, analogous to bits in traditional computers.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
The genre’s marginal roots complicate blanket condemnations, since the same raunchy lyrics often encode critiques of class exclusion.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
“And attention is the front end of memory, right? So without attention, you can’t encode or remember anything.”
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025
The “action” of a gene is described in mechanistic terms: genes encode chemical messages to build proteins that ultimately enable form and function.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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