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ENCODER

Specialty Definition: ENCODER

DomainDefinition

Computing

Encoder 1. Any program, circuit or algorithm which encodes. Example usages: "MPEG encoder", "NTSC encoder", "RealAudio encoder". 2. A sensor or transducer for converting rotary motion or position to a series of electronic pulses. (1997-03-04). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Aerospace

= analog to digital converter. (references)

Electrical Engineering

A feedback device which converts mechanical motion into electronic signals. Source: European Union. (references)
 A device for encoding signal samples. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ENCODER

Specialty definitions using "ENCODER": Adaptive TRansform Acoustic CodingCanonical Encoding Rules, codecMPEG-1 audio layer 3potentiometric sensorRealAudiostop altitude squawk. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ENCODER

DomainTitle

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ENCODER

"ENCODER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ENCODER" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3558,339

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: ENCODER

Expressions using "ENCODER": grammatical encoder graphics encoder. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "ENCODER": encoder-decoders.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ENCODER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mp3 encoder

1,159

mpg encoder

52

mpeg encoder

782

media encoder

51

encoder

772

ac3 encoder

49

cinema craft encoder

374

encoder free mpeg

49

window media encoder

360

avi to mpeg encoder

49

mpeg2 encoder

221

xing mpeg encoder

47

dvd encoder

206

wav mp3 encoder

47

divx encoder

180

encoder tmpg

46

video encoder

146

cinema craft encoder sp

44

avi encoder

112

optical encoder

40

encoder vcd

94

mp3 power encoder

40

lame encoder

88

incremental encoder

40

lame encoder mp3

88

encoder mainconcept mpeg

39

free mp3 encoder

77

aac encoder

35

rotary encoder

68

panasonic mpeg1 encoder

32

mpeg 2 encoder

68

svcd encoder

32

panasonic mpeg encoder

64

honestech mpeg encoder

30

7.0 encoder media window

62

tsunami mpeg encoder

28

wma encoder

60

mp3pro encoder

28

magstripe encoder

59

9 encoder media window

28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ENCODER

Language Translations for "ENCODER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

编 器. (various references)

   

Danish

  

enkoder, kodeskive, koder, kode-enhed, indkoder. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

encoder, codeerorgaan, codeerder. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kooderi. (various references)

   

French

  

encodeur magnétique, encodeur, codeur. (various references)

   

German

  

Codiereinrichtung, Verschlüsseler. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Κωδικοποιητής, κωδικοποιητής, εγκωδικευτής. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

קו"אי (coder). (various references)

   

Italian

  

registratore (cassette player, recorder, register, tape recorder, tape-recorder), codificatore (codifier). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

符号器 , エル"ー盤 (aerogram, angel, elbow, Electone, Electra complex, electric, electric guitar, electricity, electroluminescence, electron, electronic, electronic banking, electronic cooking, electronic cottage, electronic file, electronic mail, electronic money, electronic music, electronic office, electronic sound, electronics, elegance, elegant, elegy, element, elementary, elevation, elevator, elf, elm, elocution, elven, encapsulation, enclosure, encode, encoding, encounter, encyclopedia, engage, engagement, engagement ring, engine, engine brake, engineer, engineering, engineering plastics, enjoy, erect, erection, erogenous zone, Eroica, Eros, erotic, erotic and grotesque, erotic and grotesque nonsense, erotic production, erotica, eroticism, erotism, erotomania, Herman, Hermes, ignition key, long-playing record, LP). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふ"うき, エンコーダー , エンコーダ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

인"". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

encoderay

   

Portuguese

  

codificador. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

шифратор (cipherer, encipherer, encoding device, scrambler). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

codificador. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kodare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ENCODER

Derivations

Words beginning with "ENCODER": encoders. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ENCODER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eckdorf, enclode, encofe, Encotel, endcode, Envoler, excode, Fencote, uncfder. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ENCODER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: encored.

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-r"

-1 letter: corned, decern, encode, encore, recode, redone.

-2 letters: ceder, cered, coden, coder, coned, cored, credo, creed, crone, decor, donee, drone, ender, erode, recon, redon.

-3 letters: cede, cere, cero, code, coed, cone, cord, core, corn, deco, deer, dene, dere, doer, done, dore, dree, erne, need, nerd, node, once, rede, redo, reed, rend, rode.

-4 letters: cee, cod.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: censored, coendure, conceder, cornered, encoders, enforced, necrosed, reckoned, recoined, seconder.

 

+2 letters: coarsened, coendured, coendures, coinhered, commender, conceders, concerned, concerted, concreted, condemner, condenser, conferred, conquered, conserved, contender, converged, conversed, converted, countered, crescendo, decrowned, denouncer, endocrine, endoergic, recommend, recondite, recounted, recrowned, redolence, renounced, seconders, uncoerced, uncovered.

 

+3 letters: ancestored, centerfold, chaperoned, coenamored, coinferred, cointerred, commandeer, commenders, comprehend, condemners, condensers, confederal, congressed, considered, contenders, coresident, crescendos, deaconries, decahedron, denouncers, documenter, echinoderm, encouraged, encroached, endergonic, endocrines, enscrolled, ensorceled, entodermic, necropsied, probenecid, proceeding, providence, recognised, recognized, recombined, recommends, reconciled, recondense, reconsider, reconvened, reconveyed, redolences, reenforced, reinforced, ropedancer, uncensored, uncorseted, undercover, underscore, unenforced, unescorted, unrecorded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ENCODER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 43 4F 44 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -.    -.-.    ---    -..    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01000011 01001111 01000100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#67 &#79 &#68 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0043 004F 0044 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39483749383952

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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