encoding

[ ĕn-kō′dĭng ]

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The first of three stages in the memory process, involving processes associated with receiving or registering stimuli through one or more of the senses and modifying that information.

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How to use encoding in a sentence

There is, after all, something hopeful about a future that was smart about encoding our civil liberties.
It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security|Lawrence Lessig|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Negative encoding, from an advertiser's perspective, is still better than no encoding at all.
Facebook Knows Too Much|Ilana Glazer|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“They were nice people,” said Dennis Scarna, an encoding engineer who took a job at the company in 1999.
Jennifer Sultan’s Arrest for Gun Running Caps Long Fall From Internet Success|Matthew DeLuca|July 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker

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Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke
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The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2|William Lisle Bowles
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Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century|Samuel Johnson
Literacy only indirectly reflects the encoding of experience in a medium of expression and communication.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

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