function-based encoding
nounA way of turning information into a code by using what each thing does.
The robot used function-based encoding to remember what each button does.
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2. In computer science, a method that maps data to codes according to the operations or roles the data performs.
The compiler applied function-based encoding to translate the program's actions into machine instructions.
3. In linguistics, a system where grammatical meaning is expressed through the function a word plays in a sentence.
Function-based encoding explains why word order matters more than word endings in English.
4. In neuroscience, the idea that brain activity represents information by the job a neural group performs.
Researchers studied function-based encoding to see how the brain stores memories of actions.