Code

Noun

 * 1) A very short abbreviation, often with little correlation to the item it represents
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) Any system of principles, 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.
 * 4) A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
 * 5)  A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
 * 6)  Source code.
 * 7)  A computer program, or more generally, any defined computing process.

Verb

 * 1)  To write software programs.
 * 2) To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
 * 3)  To encode.
 * 4)  Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency such as cardiac arrest.
 * 5)  To encode a protein.

Adjectives for Code
changing; rigid; moral; unwritten; ambitious; voluminous; detailed; accepted logical; traditional; ruthless; peculiar lasting; ancient; true; rigorous; artificial strict; odious; professed; sexual; chivalrous; elaborate; social.

Verbs for Code
decipher—; draft—; elaborate—; en¬force—; formulate—; guard—; honor—; impose—; intercept—; interpret—; jeopardize—; observe—; preserve—; protect—; relay—; respect—; sanction—; subject to—; translate—; —amends; —restricts; —systematizes.

Derived terms
binary code; civil code; codebook; codestream; codeword; colour code; Gray code; Morse code; pseudocode; sort code; coder; cSNP; decode; encode

Related terms
codex; codifier; codify; codification;

Thesaurus
argot, axiology, babble, behavioral norm, body of law, business ethics, canon, cant, capitulary, census, cipher, closed-circuit telegraphy, code of ethics, code of laws, code of morals, coded message, codification, commandment, convention, conventions, corpus juris, criterion, cryptoanalysis, cryptoanalytics, cryptogram, cryptograph, cryptographer, cryptography, customs, cypher, decalogue, dictum, digest, digest of law, double Dutch, duplex telegraphy, electricity, encipher, encode, encrypt, equity, ethic, ethical system, ethics, ethos, facsimile telegraph, form, formality, formula, formulary, garble, general principle, gibberish, gift of tongues, glossolalia, gobbledygook, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, index, interrupter, inventory, invisible ink, jargon, jumble, jurisprudence, key, law, law of nature, laws, legal ethics, maxim, medical ethics, mitzvah, moral, moral climate, moral code, moral principles, morals, multiplex telegraphy, new morality, news ticker, noise, norm, norma, normative system, order of nature, ordinance, organization, orthodoxy, pandect, penal code, practices, prescribed form, prescription, principium, principle, principles, professional ethics, protocol, quadruplex telegraphy, railroad telegraphy, receiver, regulation, regulations, rubric, rule, scramble, secret language, secret writing, sender, set form, settled principle, simplex telegraphy, single-current telegraphy, slang, social ethics, sounder, standard, standards, standing order, stock ticker, structure, submarine telegraphy, sympathetic ink, system, table, table of organization, telegraphics, telegraphy, teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriting, telex, tenet, ticker, traditions, transmitter, typotelegraph, typotelegraphy, universal law, value system, wire service, working principle, working rule

Etymology
code: < codex:, later form of caudex:.

Noun

 * Dutch: code
 * Esperanto: kodo


 * Finnish: koodi
 * Hungarian: kód


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 法規, 法规
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: wetboek
 * Finnish: laki, säännöskokoelma
 * French: code
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 規約
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cod
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: code
 * Finnish: säännöt
 * French: code
 * French: code


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kódex
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cod
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: رموز,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 代碼, 代码, 編碼, 编码
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: code
 * Finnish: avain


 * Greek: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 代碼, 代码
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: code
 * Finnish: salakirjoitusjärjestelmä


 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, шифр
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * Chinese:


 * Dutch: programmeren
 * Finnish: ohjelmoida, koodata


 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: koodata
 * Finnish: koodata


 * Hungarian: kódol, bekódol


 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: coderen
 * Dutch: coderen


 * Finnish: salakirjoittaa
 * Russian: кодировать, закодировать ; шифровать , зашифровать


 * Chinese:


 * Finnish: saada kohtaus


 * Chinese:


 * Dutch: coderen
 * Finnish: koodata

Anagrams

 * coed, co-ed
 * OECD

Noun

 * 1) code

Noun

 * 1) code

Anagrams

 * déco

Noun
code



Anagrams

 * cedo

Etymology
cubitus:

Noun

 * 1) elbow

Descendants

 * French: coude