1917, from en- (1) "make, put in" + code (n.). Computing sense is from 1955, usually shortened colloquially or for clarity to code. Related: Encoded; encoding.
实用例句
1. We should encode the message for security reasons.
为了确保安全,我们应该对信息进行编码.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The two parties encode confidential data in a form that is not directly readable by the other party.
双方将机密资料加密，这样对方就无法直接读取资料。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Sets or retrieves the character set used to encode the object.
设置或获取当前使用的字符集编码的对象.
来自互联网
4. Various tokens encode references to the contents of the string table.
不同编码的地址从字符串表的目录中引用.
来自互联网
5. Encode is sometimes loosely used when complete reconversion is not possible.