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code

/kəʊd/

/koʊd/

noun

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.
      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.
        4.
        A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
          5.
          A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
            6.
            A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
              7.
              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.
                8.
                (scientific programming) A program.
                  9.
                  A particular lect or language variety.
                    10.
                    An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.

                      verb

                      1.
                      To write software programs.
                      I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
                        2.
                        To add codes to a dataset.
                          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.
                              To encode a protein.
                                6.
                                To call a hospital emergency code.
                                coding in the CT scanner