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encode

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Definition of encode

as in to encrypt

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Recent Examples of encode One of his leading tenets is that life can be defined by its ability to encode information and replicate it. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 July 2026 Two qubits can encode four possibilities at the same time; 10 qubits can encode 1,024; and 300 qubits can represent more states than there are atoms in the universe. — Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026 Rather than storing information electromagnetically, the resonators encode data through tiny vibrations. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 The expert with 20 years in a field can now encode their methodology directly, so a category can go from three incumbents to 300 startups in a year. — Harshil Shah, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for encode

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OpenAI also says those files are plain-text Markdown files and Computer History does not encrypt them itself.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Satellites need to process data locally, compress it, filter it, encrypt it and determine what should be transmitted.

— Ben Topor, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Brennan points to code review as a concrete example of what the new model looks like.

— Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The tech company spent several months building and internally testing Cloudflare OS, which allows employees to describe workflows in natural language so that an AI agent can code them into applications.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.

— Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).

— STEPHEN NASH, New York Times, 25 July 2017

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