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Meaning
Noun
●
A
short
textual
designation
, often with little
relation
to the
item
it represents.
●
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.
●
Any system of
principles
,
rules
or
regulations
relating
to one subject.
●
A set of
rules
for
converting
information into another form or representation.
By
synecdoche
: a
codeword
,
code point
, an
encoded
representation
of a
character
,
symbol
, or other entity.
●
A
message
represented
by
rules
intended
to
conceal
its meaning.
●
In Cryptography:
A
cryptographic
system using a
codebook
that
converts
words
or
phrases
into codewords.
●
In Programming:
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.
●
In Directives:
A program.
●
In Linguistics:
A particular
lect
or language variety.
●
In Medicine:
An
emergency
requiring
situation-trained members of the staff.
●
A set of
unwritten rules
that
bind
a social group.
Verb
●
In Computing:
To
write
software
programs.
●
To
add
codes
to (a
data
set).
●
To
categorise
by
assigning
identifiers
from a
schedule
,
for example
CPT
coding
for
medical
insurance
purposes.
●
In Cryptography:
To encode.
●
In Genetics:
To
encode
a protein.
●
In Medicine:
To
call
a
hospital
emergency
code.
●
In Medicine:
To
go into
a state where a
hospital
emergency
code
is required to save
one's
life.
●
In Medicine:
Of a
patient
, to
suffer
a
sudden
medical
emergency
(a
code blue
) such as
cardiac
arrest.
Name
●
A surname.
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