Spanish Conversation · Level 117
59 words
Spanish word
codificar
Pronunciation
IPA/koðifiˈkaɾ/
Meaning
- verbencode
Example
Voy a codificar el mensaje con símbolos sencillos.
I'm going to encode the message with simple symbols.
More examples
Para proteger la privacidad, debes codificar los datos sensibles.
To protect privacy, you should encode sensitive data.
Core concept
Representing data using a formal code for transmission or storage.
Common phrases
codificar datos
encode data
codificar contraseñas
encode passwords
codificar mensajes
encode messages
Similar words
cifrar: Alters data with an algorithm and key so the contents remain unreadable to unauthorized parties.
decodificar: Restores encoded data to its original form to recover the information.
Definition in Spanish
Representar datos o un mensaje mediante signos o símbolos según un código para facilitar su envío, almacenamiento o procesamiento.
Word origin
The verb comes from Spanish código (from Latin codex) plus the verb-forming suffix -ificar (from Latin -ificare), so it originally means to make or render something into a code.
Usage tips
- In technical contexts codificar means converting data to a specific encoding (for example, codificar en UTF-8), whereas cifrar or encriptar refers to encryption for confidentiality.
Other meanings
- cipherverb
- codeverb
Opposites
- decodificardecodeverb
- descifrardecipherverb
Related words
- codificaciónencodingnoun
- codificadoencodedadjective