Code

Quick meaning: Code is a noun meaning A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.

Meaning

A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.

More Meanings

1. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
2. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
3. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
4. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
5. (scientific programming) A program.
6. 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.
7. (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.

Example Sentences

I wrote some code to reformat text documents.

This HTML code may be placed on your web page.

This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.

Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.

Word Forms

• codes
• coding
• coded

Synonyms for code

Depending on context, synonyms include cipher, cypher, inscribe, encrypt, codification, encipher.

Antonyms for code

Common opposites include decode.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include encode, cypher, encipher, cipher, encrypt, codification.

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