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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions code noun  A very short abbreviation, often with little correlation to the item it represents You assigned the same "unique" to two intake-categories, causing a database error! 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. "The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence, "The Code"." -Wharton 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. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. (crypto) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts word, words or phrase, phrases into codeword, codewords. source code, Source code. verb (codes, coding, coded) (computing) To write software programs. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. (crypto) To encode. We should the messages we sent out on usenet. Etymology: From French, code with the meaning of a "system of law", from codex, caudex, the stock or tem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.      Full Definition of code  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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