Dictionary

code en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /koʊd/ (General-American)
• /kəʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
   • This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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 mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute 1872, Francis Wharton, A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws:
3. (countable, uncountable) Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
   • The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
   • The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
4. (countable, uncountable) A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
5. (countable, synecdoche, uncountable) A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. ▸ A codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
   • The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
6. (countable, uncountable) A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
   • [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
7. (countable, uncountable) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
8. (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.
   • I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
   • Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
   • This HTML code may be placed on your web page.
9. (countable, uncountable) A program.
10. (countable, uncountable) A particular lect or language variety.
11. (countable, uncountable) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
12. (countable, informal, uncountable) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
    • girl code
13. (Australia, countable, metonymically, uncountable) A sport or league of a specific type of football, such as rugby league or the NRL

Forms

Deriveds

sort code · upcode · colour code · code of conduct · pseudocode · code-behind · Aztec code · nuclear code · color code · postage code · fountain code · code duello · autocode · area code · lexicode · country code · block code · control code · bar code · bytecode · geek code · dialling code · code enforcement · hidden code · codesheet · codehead · postal code · code fence · civil code · netcode · timecode · code file · ternary code · code-switching · codefest · codepoint · plumbing code · code unit · zip code · Zip code · codist · mail code · codetext · codeword · function code · overcode · Q-code · geocode · hexacode · no-code · language code · code style · code switching · dress code · code coverage · Baudot code · conduct code · codewise · codepage · codon · code review · code golf · subcode · line code · Hamming code · codeset · promo-code · code up · code-switcher · Chapman code · codename · handkerchief code · hydrocode · cheat code · Gillham code · miscode · code word · code grabber · coder · ZIP code · coderoom · native code · hash code · tripcode · glue code · legacy code · production code · code cart · codebreaking · shellcode · code red · codemaker · short code · codeline · code folding · codelike · code base · barcode · sizecode · slave code · health code · code of honor · code-first · currency code · code position · spaghetti code · non-code · ten-code · codesign · Wabun code · flight code · code-mix · chain code · code brown · code of ethics · codemaking · codeshare · biocode · Q code · code monkey · bro code · code morphing · code of honour · telegraph code · source code · code page · time code · legal code · substitution code · ravioli code · passcode · fire code · absolute code · Sicilian code · hard-code · PhyloCode · Green Cross Code · keycode · up to code · moral code · Chappe code · telecode · multicode · codesmith · Beckett-Gray code · codelist · Gray code · malcode · Unicode · region code · supercode · account code · Wolfram code · lawcode · go code · softcode · executable code · code switch · Konami code · code talker · blue code · topcode · microcode · codegroup · codelength · p-code · Murray code · erasure code · hanky code · code red drill · codebreaker · codestream · code signing · hard code · RST code · codespace · code-mixing · traffic code · code mixing · codetalker · codeathon · guy code · scan code · headcode · double code · postcode · code wheel · code blue · nanocode · genetic code · dress-code · lasagna code · criminal code · code smell · UPC code · shortcode · code of practice · codework · brevity code · universal product code · Morse code · binary code · fluorocode · glycocode · managed code · IC code · code block · kangaroo code · Hollerith code · pseudo-city code · undercode · scancode · codebook · byte code · code-lift · hand-code · BioCode · code of silence · code rot · wikicode · codebase · dirty code · codeless · QR code · clean code · promo code · penal code · error code · blue code of silence · computer code · product code · design code · unmanaged code · code name · access code · outcode · coupon code · prefix code · Parsons code · code completion · code-switch · opcode · machine code · ministerial code · glottocode · boilerplate code · unreachable code · exit code · object code · BBCode · code yellow · dead code · Morton code · Grabovoi code · share code · bio-code · downcode · Edelcrantz code · countercode · code face · dressing code · pre-Code · low-code · building code · code mix · code cave

Descendants

코드 · コード · កូដ · कूट

Hyponyms

clean code · machine code · source code · opcode · colour code · pseudocode · barcode · position-independent code · plumbing code · boilerplate code · error code · bytecode · civil code · dead code · Unicode · binary code · hidden code · Morton code · Gray code · promo code · sort code · Morse code · traffic code · Sicilian code · double code · Aztec code · brevity code · unreachable code · block code · managed code · Gold code · Green Cross Code

Relateds

codex · codifier · codify · codification

Translations (269)

fi laki (body of law) · ca codi (body of law) · hu kód (symbol or short designation) · fi koodi (instructions for a computer) · io kodexo (body of law) · de Kodex (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ro cod (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ro cod (cryptographic system) · el κώδικας (system of principles, rules or regulations) · io kodexo (symbol or short designation) · ast códigu (cryptographic system) · ja 符号 (set of rules for converting information) · es código (cryptographic system) · eu kode (symbol or short designation) · ru шифр (cryptographic system) · uk ко́декс (body of law) · cmn 法典 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · nl code (body of law) · eo kodo (body of law) · pt código (instructions for a computer) · de Code (set of rules for converting information) · ro cod (symbol or short designation) · gl código (body of law) · cy cod (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 章程 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · oc còdi (instructions for a computer) · ca codi (instructions for a computer) · ast códigu (system of principles, rules or regulations) · tr kod (cryptographic system) · be код (set of rules for converting information) · hu kód (instructions for a computer) · an codigo (cryptographic system) · cmn 碼 /码 (instructions for a computer) · ko 코드 (set of rules for converting information) · pl szyfr (cryptographic system) · fi koodisto (set of rules for converting information) · el κώδικας (body of law) · vi mật mã (cryptographic system) · eo kodo (system of principles, rules or regulations) · gl código (symbol or short designation) · eo ĉifro (cryptographic system) · ja 規約 (body of law) · nl code (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ar رَمْز (cryptographic system) · ar تَشْرِيع (body of law) · cs zákoník (body of law) · ar تَرْمِيز (cryptographic system) · th โค้ด (instructions for a computer) · eu kode (body of law) · bg код (cryptographic system) · gl código (instructions for a computer) · bg ко́декс (body of law) · gd còd (cryptographic system) · es código (instructions for a computer) · hy օրենսգիրք (body of law) · sv kod (instructions for a computer) · eo kodo (cryptographic system) · cs kodex (system of principles, rules or regulations) · fi säännöt (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ko 암호 (cryptographic system) · uk шифр (cryptographic system) · ca codi (cryptographic system) · ja コード (system of principles, rules or regulations) · nl code (symbol or short designation) · da kodex (body of law) · ar دَسْتُور (body of law) · ast códigu (set of rules for converting information) · fa کد (cryptographic system) · ja 暗号 (cryptographic system) · cy cod (body of law) · an codigo (system of principles, rules or regulations) · cs kód (cryptographic system) · cy cod (symbol or short designation) · cmn 編碼 /编码 (set of rules for converting information) · eo kodo (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 密碼 /密码 (cryptographic system) · oc còdi (symbol or short designation) · ca codi (set of rules for converting information) · ca codi (system of principles, rules or regulations) · cy cod (instructions for a computer) · et kood (body of law) · it codice (body of law) · ja コード (set of rules for converting information) · io kodexo (system of principles, rules or regulations) · es código (body of law) · it codice (system of principles, rules or regulations) · tr düstur (body of law) · cs kodex (body of law) · tl palahudyatan (set of rules for converting information) · cs kód (symbol or short designation) · el κώδικας (set of rules for converting information) · et kood (system of principles, rules or regulations) · hy կոդ (instructions for a computer) · ast códigu (instructions for a computer) · cy cod (cryptographic system) · pl kod (cryptographic system) · ko 코드 (instructions for a computer) · ro cod (set of rules for converting information) · vec codexe (body of law) · pt código (symbol or short designation) · ca clau (cryptographic system) · sh ко̑д (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 代碼 /代码 (symbol or short designation) · bg код (set of rules for converting information) · lt kodeksas (body of law) · fi avain (set of rules for converting information) · vi mã hiệu (instructions for a computer) · ko 부호 (instructions for a computer) · eu kode (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ar دُسْتُور (body of law) · nl code (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 準則 /准则 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · gd còd (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ar رُمُوز (set of rules for converting information) · sk kód (set of rules for converting information) · bg ко́декс (system of principles, rules or regulations) · gl código (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ar قَانُون (body of law) · sk kód (symbol or short designation) · da kodeks (body of law) · pt código (cryptographic system) · el κωδικός (symbol or short designation) · tr kod (set of rules for converting information) · tr kod (symbol or short designation) · oc còdi (body of law) · ko 규약 (body of law) · fi salakirjoitusjärjestelmä (cryptographic system) · de Kode (instructions for a computer) · el κρυπτογράφημα (cryptographic system) · es código (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ru уста́в (body of law) · mi waehere (instructions for a computer) · nl wetboek (body of law) · io kodexo (set of rules for converting information) · sv kod (set of rules for converting information) · vi luật (body of law) · cs kód (instructions for a computer) · tr kural (body of law) · be ко́дэкс (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ota دستور (body of law) · bg код (instructions for a computer) · sv littera (symbol or short designation) · hi कोड (cryptographic system) · km កូដ (symbol or short designation) · de Kode (set of rules for converting information) · sh kȏd (set of rules for converting information) · he קוֹד (set of rules for converting information) · io kodexo (cryptographic system) · hi कोड (instructions for a computer) · ru код (symbol or short designation) · uk код (set of rules for converting information) · eu kode (set of rules for converting information) · uk код (instructions for a computer) · be код (symbol or short designation) · hu kód (cryptographic system) · sv lag (system of principles, rules or regulations) · hy կոդ (symbol or short designation) · sk kód (instructions for a computer) · ru ко́декс (system of principles, rules or regulations) · es clave (cryptographic system) · ro cod (instructions for a computer) · az məcəllə (body of law) · sv kod (symbol or short designation) · pl kodeks (body of law) · pt código (body of law) · ka კოდექსი (body of law) · gl código (set of rules for converting information) · ja 符号 (instructions for a computer) · cs kód (set of rules for converting information) · an codigo (instructions for a computer) · ru код (cryptographic system) · lo ໂຄດ (instructions for a computer) · ko 부호 (set of rules for converting information) · de Code (instructions for a computer) · cmn 規章 /规章 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ar شِفْرَة (cryptographic system) · hu kódex (system of principles, rules or regulations) · bg ши́фър (cryptographic system) · he קוֹד (cryptographic system) · it codice (instructions for a computer) · de Kodex (body of law) · oc còdi (set of rules for converting information) · hu kód (set of rules for converting information) · ru код (set of rules for converting information) · io kodexo (instructions for a computer) · sv kod (cryptographic system) · gd còd (set of rules for converting information) · be ко́дэкс (body of law) · ar كود (instructions for a computer) · fi koodi (symbol or short designation) · an codigo (body of law) · fr code (system of principles, rules or regulations) · hi संहिता (system of principles, rules or regulations) · pt código (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ast códigu (body of law) · ru ко́декс (body of law) · pt código (set of rules for converting information) · ja 法典 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · sk kód (cryptographic system) · he קוֹד (instructions for a computer) · eo kodo (instructions for a computer) · az kod (instructions for a computer) · es código (set of rules for converting information) · sv regel (system of principles, rules or regulations) · mi uhingaro (set of rules for converting information) · ast códigu (symbol or short designation) · mk код (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 代碼 /代码 (cryptographic system) · it codice (symbol or short designation) · lt kodeksas (system of principles, rules or regulations) · sl kod (set of rules for converting information) · fr code (instructions for a computer) · vec codexe (system of principles, rules or regulations) · oc còdi (system of principles, rules or regulations) · ja コード (instructions for a computer) · el κώδικας (cryptographic system) · ru код (instructions for a computer) · gd riaghailt (body of law) · he קוֹד (symbol or short designation) · fr code (body of law) · uk код (symbol or short designation) · sv balk (body of law) · ca codi (symbol or short designation) · it codice (set of rules for converting information) · fi säännöskokoelma (body of law) · hu kódex (body of law) · de Gesetzbuch (body of law) · be код (cryptographic system) · gl código (cryptographic system) · mk код (symbol or short designation) · uk код (cryptographic system) · ms kanun (body of law) · eo kodo (symbol or short designation) · nl code (instructions for a computer) · es código (symbol or short designation) · ko 코드 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · cy cod (system of principles, rules or regulations) · be шыфр (cryptographic system) · ar شِفْرَة (instructions for a computer) · ko 법전 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · eu kode (cryptographic system) · da kodex (system of principles, rules or regulations) · vi mã (set of rules for converting information) · pl kodeks (system of principles, rules or regulations) · oc còdi (cryptographic system) · an codigo (symbol or short designation) · uk ко́декс (system of principles, rules or regulations) · tr kod (instructions for a computer) · cmn 代碼 /代码 (set of rules for converting information) · fi koodi (set of rules for converting information) · id kitab undang-undang (body of law) · nl code (cryptographic system) · ro cod (body of law) · ka კოდექსი (cryptographic system) · mi uhingaro (cryptographic system) · pl kod (set of rules for converting information) · da kodeks (system of principles, rules or regulations) · cmn 法規 /法规 (body of law) · ja 掟 (system of principles, rules or regulations) · bg код (symbol or short designation) · fr code (set of rules for converting information) · it codice (cryptographic system) · be код (instructions for a computer) · eu kode (instructions for a computer) · pl kod (instructions for a computer) · it norma (system of principles, rules or regulations) · an codigo (set of rules for converting information) · cmn 代碼 /代码 (instructions for a computer) · ar اِصْطِلَاح (system of principles, rules or regulations)

code en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /koʊd/ (General-American)
• /kəʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”).

Meanings

1. To write software programs.
   • I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
2. (transitive) To add codes to (a data set).
   • The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found). 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:
3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4. To encode.
   • We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
5. (intransitive) To encode a protein.
6. (informal) To call a hospital emergency code.
   • coding in the CT scanner
7. (informal) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

Forms

Deriveds

upcode · colour code · decode · transcode · uncode · overcode · coder · hard-coded · codability · codable · BCD · encode · recode · undercode · colour-code · cSNP · outcode · V-code

Descendants

codio

Translations (58)

es codificar (cryptography: to encode) · de verschlüsseln (cryptography: to encode) · pt encriptar (cryptography: to encode) · hu kódol (to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule) · fi saada kohtaus (to suffer a sudden medical emergency) · de programmieren (to write software programs) · pt criptografar (cryptography: to encode) · cmn 编码 (cryptography: to encode) · ru кодить (to write software programs) · nl coderen (to encode a protein) · sv programmera (to write software programs) · bg кодирам (cryptography: to encode) · ru программи́ровать (to write software programs) · fi salakirjoittaa (cryptography: to encode) · ru шифрова́ть (cryptography: to encode) · vi lập trình (to write software programs) · ru закоди́ровать (cryptography: to encode) · uk програмува́ти (to write software programs) · hu besorol (to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule) · de crap (to suffer a sudden medical emergency) · uk кодува́ти (cryptography: to encode) · pl programować (to write software programs) · es programar (to write software programs) · hu kódol (cryptography: to encode) · nl programmeren (to write software programs) · pt programar (to write software programs) · nl coderen (cryptography: to encode) · cmn 編程 /编程 (to write software programs) · es encriptar (cryptography: to encode) · de verschlüsseln (to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule) · uk кодува́ти (to write software programs) · he קוֹדֵד (cryptography: to encode) · he הִצְפִּין (cryptography: to encode) · eo kodi (to write software programs) · ru кодировать (to write software programs) · fi koodata (to encode a protein) · ja コーディングする (to write software programs) · ru зашифрова́ть (cryptography: to encode) · de koden (coden) (to write software programs) · eo kodi (cryptography: to encode) · el προγραμματίζω (to write software programs) · uk шифрува́ти (cryptography: to encode) · hu bekódol (to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule) · it programmare (to write software programs) · sv koda (to write software programs) · es criptografiar (cryptography: to encode) · pt codificar (cryptography: to encode) · pl kodować (to write software programs) · fi ohjelmoida (to write software programs) · cy codio (to write software programs) · ru коди́ровать (cryptography: to encode) · el κρυπτογραφώ (cryptography: to encode) · vi viết chương trình (to write software programs) · fi koodata (to write software programs) · el κωδικοποιώ (cryptography: to encode) · fi koodata (to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule) · pl kodować (cryptography: to encode) · fr programmer (to write software programs)

code en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cod.
   alt of cod

Forms