Entropy encoding

1. The translation, either by a machine or by a human operator, of a spoken or written language into digital code. 2. Any function performed by an encoder.

encoding

Telecommunications; General telecom

See analog encoding.

encoding

Language; General language

The production of texts by encoders with reference to relevant codes (Jakobson). Encoding involves foregrounding some meanings and backgrounding others.

Motorola Xoom

Computer; Tablet PC

The new Motorola Xoom tablet is an Android tablet featuring a 10.1-inch high definition touchscreen display (1280 x 800p.) It's powered by a dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 and the ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

Computer; Tablet PC

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is a tablet computer running the operation system Android 4.0. It has a 7 inch big touch screen and a dual core ARM processor.

Google Nexus 7

Computer; Tablet PC

The Google Nexus 7 is a 7 inches big tablet computer. It will be equipped with a quad core ARM processor, 1 GB memory and a 8GB-16GB flash drive. As Nexus is Google's store ...

Samjiyon

Computer; Tablet PC

A line of tablet computers allegedly being developed by North Korea. Information about the tablets comes from apparent defectors that leaked the information to the Dong-A Ilbo ...

Microsoft Surface

Computer; Tablet PC

The Microsoft Surface is a tablet-notebook hybrid that is available with ARM and Intel Ivy Bridge CPU. The display is 10.6 inches big and has a 10:9 display resolution. The ...

iPad Mini

Computer; Tablet PC

A small 7-inch tablet that is rumored to launch by Apple during the 3rd quarter of 2012. A Chinese website claims that the new mini iPad tablet is designed to target the same ...

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Asteroid mining

The future industry of sending spacecraft to asteroids in order to harvest their natural resources and bring them back to civilization for use. On ...