encode Last modified: Thursday, May 28, 2009
The phrase used to describe the method of preparing data for storage or transmission. Encoding data usually means redundancies are eliminated and complexity in the data is reduced. Compression algorithms are also based on one or more encoding methods. See also encoding. Contrast with decode.
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