recode

American  

[ree-kohd] / ˌriˈkoʊd /

verb (used with object)

1. to assign, translate, or convert into a different code.

2. Computers. to rewrite code for (a computer program or application).

3. Genetics. to alter the genetic code of (an organism).

4. Psychology. to mentally process (information) again in a different way.

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Example Sentences

Octopuses, they found, have the ability to recode their neurons in response to temperature shifts so those cells produce different proteins.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2023

“My job generally is to take things that are considered either boring or old-fashioned or not relevant and shake off the rust, and recode them” says Luhrmann, maker of the modern-day “Romeo + Juliet.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Study instead the emerging science of cell programming, or “hacking” cells to recode them.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2022

“Plants do all these things you don't find in microorganisms, so we have to recode these enzymes to be functional in yeast,” Smolke says.

From Nature • May 16, 2017

For Unix users, iconv and recode provide translation facilities from one character set to another, and support many or all of the MS codepages.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim