Meaning of the word encoder in English

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encoder

US /ɪnˈkoʊdər/
UK /ɪnˈkəʊdə/

Noun

a device or program that converts information from one format or code to another

Example:
The video encoder compresses the raw footage into a smaller file size.
An optical encoder is used to measure rotational position.
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