code
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(verb) attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" |
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Related Words: label, mark, tag |
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(noun) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
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Related Words: Morse, Morse code, Universal Product Code, area code, bar code, cipher, coding system, color code, cryptograph, cypher, international Morse code, postal code, postcode, secret code, zip code |
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(noun) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
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Synonyms: computer code |
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Related Words: ASCII, ECC, address, binary code, coding system, command, computer address, error correction code, firmware, instruction, machine code, machine language, object code, operation code, order code, program line, software, software system, statement |
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(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones |
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Synonyms: codification |
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Related Words: building code, fire code, health code, legal code, sanitory code, written communication, written language |
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(verb) convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" |
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Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encode, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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Related Words: write |
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