What's The Definition Of Code?
[n] a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
[n] (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
[n] a set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones
[v] convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
[v] attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Code: cipher |
codification |
computer code |
cypher |
encipher |
encode |
encrypt |
inscribe |
write in code
Related Terms | Find terms related to Code: Aesopian language |
argot |
axiology |
babble |
Babel |
behavioral norm |
body of law |
business ethics |
canon |
cant |
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census |
cipher |
closed-circuit telegraphy |
Code Napoleon |
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customs |
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double Dutch |
duplex telegraphy |
electricity |
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equity |
ethic |
ethical system |
ethics |
ethos |
facsimile telegraph |
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Greek |
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key |
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organization |
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Procrustean law |
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railroad telegraphy |
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slang |
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stock ticker |
structure |
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sympathetic ink |
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table |
table of organization |
TelAutography |
telegraphics |
telegraphy |
teleprinter |
Teletype |
Teletype network |
teletypewriter |
teletypewriting |
Teletyping |
telex |
Ten Commandments |
tenet |
ticker |
traditions |
transmitter |
typotelegraph |
typotelegraphy |
universal law |
value system |
wire service |
working principle |
working rule |
Zeitgeist
See Also | address |
area code |
ASCII |
bar code |
binary code |
building code |
Bushido |
cipher |
coding system |
color code |
command |
computer address |
cryptograph |
cypher |
ECC |
error correction code |
fire code |
firmware |
health code |
Highway Code |
instruction |
international Morse code |
label |
legal code |
machine code |
machine language |
mark |
microcode |
Morse |
Morse code |
object code |
operation code |
order code |
package |
postal code |
postcode |
program line |
sanitory code |
secret code |
software |
software package |
software system |
statement |
tag |
Universal Product Code |
write |
written communication |
written language |
zip code
Code In Webster's Dictionary
\Code\ (k[=o]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or
stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with
wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a
writing.]
1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the
rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are
set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by
public authority; a digest.
Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian
is sometimes called, by way of eminence. ``The Code''
--Wharton.
2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one
subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the
regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the
naval code, a system of rules for making communications at
sea means of signals.
{Code civil} or {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France in
1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and
of property generally. --Abbot.
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