Code
[kəʊd] or [kod]
Definition
(noun.) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy.
(noun.) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions.
(noun.) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones).
(verb.) convert ordinary language into code; 'We should encode the message for security reasons'.
(verb.) attach a code to; 'Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later'.
Checked by Eli--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Digest, collection of laws.
Editor: Sharon
Definition
n. a collection or digest of laws: a system of rules and regulations: a system of signs used in the army.—ns. Codificā′tion; Codi′fīer Cod′ist one who codifies.—v.t. Cod′ify to put into the form of a code: to digest: to systematise:—pr.p. cod′ifying; pa.p. cod′ified.—Code telegram a telegram whose text in itself has no meaning but where the words are merely arbitrary symbols for other words known to the receiver.—The Code esp. the rules and regulations regarding government schools and teachers.
Checker: Rosalind
Examples
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Centuries hence, we Frenchmen and Englishmen might be boasting and killing each other still, carrying out bravely the Devil's code of honour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He perfected the dot and dash code, he invented the device for embossing the message, and replaced the inking pen by a metal disc, smeared with ink, that rolled the dots and dashes on the paper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The First Consul was no kinder to women in the Code Napoleon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This code was the work very largely of the Council of State. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gangs are marked by fraternal feeling, and narrow cliques by intense loyalty to their own codes. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It will recognize as the first test of all political systems and moral codes whether or not they are against human nature. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If so, it must have been one of those ingenious secret codes which mean one thing while they seem to mean another. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In many modern states and in some ancient, there is great diversity of populations, of varying languages, religions, moral codes, and traditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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