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Encode vs Codeword - What's the difference?

encode | codeword |

As a verb encode

is .

As a noun codeword is

(cryptography) a string representing an encoded piece of text.

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. }} ----

    codeword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
    • Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
  • A type of crossword puzzle where individual letters are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.

    • Derived terms

    * pseudocodeword