German

Alternative forms

• Kode m

Noun

Code m ‎(genitive Codes, plural Codes)

1. (computing) code

Declension

Synonyms

• Chiffre f, Geheimschrift f, Geheimzeichen n, Schlüssel m

Derived terms

• Binärcode m

Related terms

• Kodex m
• kodieren

See also

• Ziffer f
• Geheimschrift f

English

Noun

code ‎(countable and uncountable, plural codes)

1. A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.

   This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.‎

2. 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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Wharton

     The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence, "The Code".

3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.

   The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.

   The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.

4. 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.

      The ASCII code of "A" is 65.‎

5. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
   • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:

     [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.

6. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
7. (programming, 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.

   Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.‎

   I wrote some code to reformat text documents.‎

   This HTML code may be placed on your web page.‎

8. (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.

Derived terms

Related terms

• codex
• codifier
• codify
• codification

Translations

See also

• cipher

Verb

code ‎(third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)

1. (computing) To write software programs.

   I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

2. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
3. (cryptography) To encode.

   We should code the messages we sent out on Usenet.

4. (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein.

Translations

Derived terms

• BCD
• coder
• cSNP
• decode
• encode
• hard-coded

Etymology 2

From code blue, a medical emergency

Verb

code ‎(third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• coed, co-ed
• OECD

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

code c ‎(plural codes, diminutive codetje n)

1. code

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔd/

Noun

code m ‎(plural codes)

1. code

Anagrams

• déco

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cōda, variant of Latin cauda.

Noun

code f ‎(plural codis)

1. tail
2. queue, line

Italian

Noun

code f

1. plural of coda

Anagrams

• cedo

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cubitus

Noun

code m ‎(oblique plural codes, nominative singular codes, nominative plural code)

1. elbow

Descendants

• French: coude

Tarantino

Noun

code

1. tail