meal, repast(noun) the food served and eaten at one time. meal(noun) any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times. meal(noun) coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
An encoder is a sensor of mechanical motion that generates digital signals in response to motion. As an electro-mechanical device, an encoder is able to provide motion control system users with information concerning position, velocity and direction. There are two different types of encoders: linear and rotary.
Software for encoding audio, video, images, or text into standardized formats: A compressor encodes data (e.g., audio/video/images) into a smaller form (see codec) An audio encoder converts analog audio to digital audio signals. A video encoder converts analog video to digital video signals.