Background for code

code

/kəʊd/ /koʊd/

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noun

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

Examples :

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

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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.

Examples :

"The new school code outlines the rules for student behavior in detail. "

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Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.

Examples :

"The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians."

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A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

Examples :

"The computer program used a special code to encrypt the student's grades. "

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A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.

Examples :

"The secret club used a code to communicate their plans. "

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A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.

Examples :

"The secret code used by the family for their online messages required a codebook to translate words like "Mom" and "Dad" into codewords like "Star" and "Moon." "

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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.

Examples :

"I wrote some code to reformat text documents."

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(scientific programming) A program.

Examples :

"The computer science student wrote a new code for calculating grades. "

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A particular lect or language variety.

Examples :

"My brother's computer science class uses a special code for programming. "

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An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.

Examples :

"The school's fire drill was a code, requiring all staff members trained in emergency procedures. "

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To write software programs.

Examples :

"I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s."

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To add codes to a dataset.

Examples :

"The researcher coded the survey responses to analyze the student preferences. "

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To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.

Examples :

"The teacher coded the students' projects into different categories based on the rubric. "

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verb

Examples :

"We should code the messages we send out on Usenet."

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To encode a protein.

Examples :

"The scientist coded the amino acid sequence to create the new protein. "

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To call a hospital emergency code.

Examples :

"coding in the CT scanner"

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Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

Examples :

"The nurse quickly coded the patient when his heart stopped beating. "

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