undercode English

Meaning undercode meaning

What does undercode mean?

undercode noun

— (semiotics) A subtext; ideas or information that are assumed or implied but not explicitly coded.

— A secret message included in another message or stream of data.

— (research methods) A code (which represents a datum) that is grouped with other codes into a final encoding.

undercode verb

— (semiotics, intransitive) To communicate using codes that do not convey the entire message, but which rely on the recipient's construction of meaning through connotation or subtexts.

— (semiotics, transitive) To use or convey (a message) in a way that requires the recipient to construct part of the meaning.

— (semiotics, transitive) To communicate (information) indirectly, by means of an undercode.

— To encode a secret message that is masked by a surface message or stream of data.

— To represent by a code that indicates a lower level of service than what was provided.

— To use fewer codes than are needed to fully describe something.