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Definition of 'code'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) code
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which the letters of a message are represented by long and short sounds, light flashes, etc.:
Morse code.

2.  code
a system used for brevity or secrecy of communication, in which arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are assigned definite meanings.

3.  code
letters, numbers, or other symbols used in a code system to represent or identify something:
The code on the label shows the date of manufacture.

4.  code
a systematically arranged collection of existing laws:
a local health code.

5.  code
the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program or the set of instructions in such a program.

6.  code
any system of rules and regulations:
a code of behavior.

7.  code
a directive or alert to a hospital team assigned to emergency resuscitation of patients.

8.  code
Ling.

9.  code
the system of rules shared by the participants in an act of communication; a language, dialect, or language variety.

10. (v.t.) code
to translate (a message) into a code; encode.

11.  code
to put or arrange (rules, regulations, etc.) in a code.

12. (v.i.) code
to specify the amino acid sequence of a protein by the sequence of nucleotides comprising the gene for that protein:
a gene that codes for the production of insulin.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF, OF < L cōdexcodex)

Definition of 'code'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) code, codification
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

2. (noun) code
a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

3. (verb) code, computer code
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions

4. (verb) code
attach a code to
"Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"

5. (verb) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
convert ordinary language into code
"We should encode the message for security reasons"

Definition of 'code'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) code
a system for communicating using secret combinations of symbols
a message written in code

2.  code
break a code
to figure out how a code works

3.  code
a set of rules for behavior
a code of conduct

4.  code
dress code
rules about what to wear in a particular place

5.  code
a series of numbers that identifies or allows sth
the code that turns off the alarm

Definition of 'code'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) code
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

2. (noun) code
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

Definitions of 'code'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. code
1. n. The stuff that software writers write, either in source form or after translation by a compiler or assembler. Often used in opposition to “data”, which is the stuff that code operates on. Among hackers this is a mass noun, as in “How much code does it take to do a bubble sort?”, or “The code is loaded at the high end of RAM.” Among scientific programmers it is sometimes a count noun equilvalent to “program”; thus they may speak of “codes” in the plural. Anyone referring to software as “the software codes” is probably a newbie or a suit.

2. v. To write code. In this sense, always refers to source code rather than compiled. “I coded an Emacs clone in two hours!” This verb is a bit of a cultural marker associated with the Unix and minicomputer traditions (and lately Linux); people within that culture prefer v. ‘code’ to v. ‘program’ whereas outside it the reverse is normally true.

Translation of 'code'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a collection of laws or rules a code of behaviour.
Afrikaans: wetboek	Arabic: مَجْموعَة قَوانين	Bulgarian: кодекс
Brazilian: código	Czech: kodex, zákoník	German: das Regelbuch
Danish: lovsamling; regelsæt; kod	Greek: κώδικας	Spanish: código
Estonian: seadustik, koodeks	Farsi: مجموعه قوانین	Finnish: säännöstö
French: code	Hebrew: קוֹד	Hindi: संहिता
Croatian: zakonik, kodeks	Hungarian: kódex	Indonesian: peraturan
Icelandic: lagabálkur; siðareglur	Italian: codice	Japanese: おきて
Korean: 법전	Lithuanian: kodeksas	Latvian: kodekss
Malay: kanun	Dutch: code	Norwegian: lovsamling, kodeks
Polish: kodeks	Persian: مجموعه قوانین	Pashto: به سړو (نه ايشيدلو) او بو
Portuguese: código	Romanian: cod	Russian: кодекс
Slovak: kód	Slovenian: pravilnik	Serbian: kodeks
Swedish: kodex, [oskrivna] regler	Thai: ประมวลกฎหมาย	Turkish: norm, kural, yasa, tüzük
Taiwanese: 法典	Ukrainian: кодекс	Urdu: مجموعۂ ضوابط
Vietnamese: bộ luật	Chinese: 法典
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