functionalencoding
nounFunctional encoding is a way of writing information so that it works correctly for a specific job.
The programmer used functional encoding to make sure the data could be read by the machine.
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2. In biology, functional encoding describes how genes carry instructions for making working proteins.
Scientists studied the functional encoding of the gene to understand how the protein is built.
3. In linguistics, functional encoding refers to how grammar shows the role a word plays in a sentence.
The functional encoding of the subject is shown by its position before the verb.
4. In engineering, functional encoding means turning a design's purpose into a set of coded instructions.
The team completed the functional encoding of the control system before testing it.