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Encode vs Classify - What's the difference?

encode | classify |

As verbs the difference between encode and classify

is that encode is to convert plain text into code while classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.

encode

English

Verb

(encod)
  • To convert plain text into code.
  • (communication) To convert source information into another form.

    • Antonyms

    * decode

    Derived terms

    * encoder * encoding

    Related terms

    * code * codec * decode * re-encode * transcode

    References

    * {{reference-book , last = Berg , first = Jeremy M. , coauthors = Tymoczko, John; Stryer, Lubert , title = Biochemistry , url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer , accessdate = 5 December 2009 , edition = Fifth eidtion , year = 2002 , publisher = W H Freeman and Company , id = ISBN 0716730510 , chapter = RNA Synthesis and Splicing , chapterurl = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer&part=A3946
  • A3947
    • , quote = The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes. }} ----

    classify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
  • to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (to declare a secret) declassify

    Related terms

    * class * classification

    See also

    * arrange * distribute * rank

    External links

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