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encodedconverted information into a coded form

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: converted information into a coded form

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈkoʊdɪd/

Korean meaning: 암호화하다, 부호화하다

Korean pronunciation: 인**코**디드

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother accidentally encoded her shopping list and now she can't read what she wrote!
  • The spy's love letter was encoded, making 'I love you' look like a nuclear launch code.
  • All personal information must be encoded before transmission over the internet.

encoded

VERB

//ɪnˈkoʊdɪd//

converted information into a coded form

encoded concept
💡 Concept

converted information into a coded form

encoded rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Just as the files were decoded, the drive exploded!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪnˈkoʊdɪd/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪnˈkəʊdɪd/

🌳Etymology

Prefixen--
Rootcode
Suffix--ed

Origin

From the prefix 'en-' (meaning to cause to be or put into) combined with 'code', which derives from Latin 'codex' meaning a system of rules or written laws. The word emerged in English in the 19th century with the development of telegraph and cryptography technologies.

🎵Rhyme

decodedloadedexploded
decoded
loaded
exploded

🔗Collocations

encoded message
encoded data
encoded information
encoded file
digitally encoded
encoded signal
securely encoded

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother accidentally encoded her shopping list and now she can't read what she wrote!

😄 Fun example

The spy's love letter was encoded, making 'I love you' look like a nuclear launch code.

All personal information must be encoded before transmission over the internet.

The video files were encoded in a format that saves storage space.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

encryptedcodedconvertedtransformedprocessed

Antonyms

decodeddecryptedplain

Related

encryptdecodecipherpassworddigital

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