encoders

Data conversion devices

Encoders are devices or software that convert data from one format to another, typically for transmission, storage, or compression.

In video and audio production, an encoder transforms raw media into a compressed digital format suitable for streaming or distribution.

In computing more broadly, encoders handle tasks like converting text to binary or translating keyboard inputs into signals.

The term also applies to mechanical devices that convert motion into electrical signals, as in rotary encoders used in robotics and machinery.

rotary

incremental

Proceeding by small additions

servo · feedback · CNC · robotics · odometer · tachometer

neural

transformer

Voltage-altering electrical device

  • BERTPretrained language representation model
  • GPTPre-trained text generator
  • embeddingPlacing within surrounding mass

bottleneck · tokenizer · fine-tuning

compression

zip

Toothed sliding fastener

lossy · H.264 · VP9 · bitrate · quantization · DCT · wavelet

media

bitrate

Data transfer speed

AAC · FLAC · HDR

cryptography

cipher

Hidden writing system

  • encryptionConverting data into code
  • AESSymmetric encryption standard
  • DESSymmetric-key block cipher

RSA · symmetric · asymmetric · nonce · salt · hashing · SHA · MD5 · Base64 · obfuscation

Categories
Opposites
signal transformation direction

encodersdecoders

Devices that interpret ciphers

decrypters · decompressors · decipherers · unpackers · extractors

information accessibility

encodersdecoders

Devices that interpret ciphers

translators · renderers · decryptors · decrypters · decompressors

Phrases
Family

encoded, encode, encodes, encoder, unencoded

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G