Meaning & use
Recoding
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Rewriting or converting something, such as computer software or data, into a different code or format.
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The team spent the sprint recoding the checkout page to fix a security flaw.
Psychologists study how the brain is recoding short-term memories into long-term storage.
A note on using this word
Outside computing, "recoding" also describes how the brain transforms sensory information into a different mental format for storage.
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