0 a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more convenient form:
The message was written in code.
She managed to decipher/break/crack (= succeed in understanding) the code.
Each entry in this dictionary has a grammar code.
1 a set of rules that are accepted as general principles, or a set of written rules that say how people in a particular organization or country should behave:
2 a language used to program (= give instructions to) computers:
3 an arrangement of genetic material in DNA (= the chemical that carries genetic information in cells):
genetic codes
4 a language or dialect (= a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country):
People often switch codes depending on the conversational context.
He was interested in the linguistic codes of people living on the margins of society.
5 to represent a message in code so that it can only be understood by the person who is meant to receive it:
The original signal is coded by the scrambler before transmission, and reconstituted into its original form by the receiver.
My third grade daughter loves learning to code with MIT's amazing (and free) software.
To avoid bias in the laboratory, the samples were coded with numbers rather than names of individuals.
Each story in selected bulletins was timed and coded into one of 31 categories for domestic news, while foreign news was separately coded by country.
6 a system for representing information with signs or symbols that are not ordinary language, or the signs or symbols themselves:
7 genetic code
8 rules for the way people should behave, or a set of written rules or laws that tell people what to do:
9 to represent information in a way that is not ordinary language, as with special signs or symbols:
Many areas of the brain code and store information.
10 a set or system of numbers, letters, or signs which is known only to particular people and represents something that is secret:
11 a system of words, letters, or signs which is used to represent something so that it is easy to know which thing or type of thing it is:
12 the letters, numbers, words, and symbols used for writing computer programs:
13 a set of principles, or a set of rules which state how people in a particular organization, job, etc. should behave:
the state's legal code
Their aim is to work out a code to end sweatshops.
Each person's genetic code is unique except in the case of identical twins.
Most evenings there's a party and the dress code is strict - black tie only.
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