What is the meaning of Code?

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.

  1. By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.

    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.

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

    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.

    A program.

    A particular lect or language variety.

    An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.

    A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.

    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.

    To encode.

    To encode a protein.

    To call a hospital emergency code.

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

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    code (symbol)

    code

    book or body of laws, code of laws, lawbook

    system of rules and principles, e.g. of conduct

    code (set of symbols)

    code (text written in a programming language)

    code

    tail

    queue, line

    plural of coda

    Any kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous substance.

    Cud; regurgitated food chewed upon by livestock.

    A mass or lump; a large pile of something.

    A coherent and unified body of laws.

    The core of someone's last testament.

    Alternative form of codde (seedpod)

    Alternative form of coute

    tail

    Source: wiktionary.org