Encoding code

code

(kōd)

a. A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.

b. A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.

c. An access code.

d. A special command, such as a sequence of keystrokes, that allows a user to activate a hidden or accidental feature in a computer program or video game.

a. The information that constitutes a specific computer program.

b. A system of symbols and rules that serve as instructions for a computer.

3. Genetics The genetic code.

a. A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.

b. A systematic collection of regulations or rules of procedure or conduct: a building code.

5. Medicine Code blue.

6. Slang A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.

v. cod·ed, cod·ing, codes

v.tr.

1. To convert (a message, for example) into code.

2. To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.

3. To assign a code to (something) for identification or classification: coded each response to the survey by age and gender.

4. To express or convey (words) in a manner that implies a different meaning: a novel that codes references to a character's sexuality in descriptions of clothing.

v.intr.

1. Genetics

a. To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide: a gene that codes for an enzyme.

b. To specify the genetic code for a trait or characteristic: a gene that codes for red hair.

2. Computers To write or revise a computer program.

3. Slang To go into cardiac arrest.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōdex, book; see codex.]

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code

(kəʊd)

1. (Communications & Information) a system of letters or symbols, and rules for their association by means of which information can be represented or communicated for reasons of secrecy, brevity, etc: binary code; Morse code. See also genetic code

2. (Communications & Information) a message in code

3. (Communications & Information) a symbol used in a code

4. a conventionalized set of principles, rules, or expectations: a code of behaviour.

5. (Communications & Information) a system of letters or digits used for identification or selection purposes

vb (tr)

(Communications & Information) to translate, transmit, or arrange into a code

[C14: from French, from Latin cōdex book, codex]

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code

(koʊd)

n., v. cod•ed, cod•ing. n.

1. a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which the letters of a message are represented by long and short sounds, light flashes, etc.: Morse code.

2. a system used for brevity or secrecy of communication, in which arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are assigned definite meanings.

3. letters, numbers, or other symbols used in a code system to represent or identify something: The code on the label shows the date of manufacture.

4. a systematically arranged collection of existing laws: a local health code.

5. the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program or the set of instructions in such a program.

6. any system of rules and regulations: a code of behavior.

7. a directive or alert to a hospital team assigned to emergency resuscitation of patients.

9. Ling. the system of rules shared by the participants in an act of communication; a language, dialect, or language variety.

v.t.

10. to translate (a message) into a code; encode.

11. to put or arrange (rules, regulations, etc.) in a code.

v.i.

12. to specify the amino acid sequence of a protein by the sequence of nucleotides comprising the gene for that protein: a gene that codes for the production of insulin.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin cōdex codex]

cod′er, n.

code

, codex - Code, from Latin codex, meaning "block of wood split into tablets, document written on wood tablets," was first a set of laws.

code

1. Any system of communication in which arbitrary groups of symbols represent units of plain text of varying length. Codes may be used for brevity or for security.
2. A cryptosystem in which the cryptographic equivalents (usually called "code groups"), typically consisting of letters or digits (or both) in otherwise meaningless combinations, are substituted for plain text elements which are primarily words, phrases, or sentences. See also cryptosystem.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Code

1. the procedures and methods used in translating or interpreting codes and ciphers.
2. the science or study of such procedures. Also cryptanalytics. — cryptanalyst, n. — cryptanalytic, cryptanalytical, adj.

a message or writing in code or cipher. Also cryptograph. — cryptogrammic, adj.

1. the science or study of secret writing, especially codes and ciphers.
2. the procedures and methods of making and using codes and ciphers. — cryptographer, cryptographist, n. — cryptographic, adj.

Code

a collection of laws, rules, or signals; a body of writings. See also canon.

Examples: code of cyphers; of ethics, 1841; of laws, 1577; of good manners of perfection, 1875; of rules; of scriptures, 1794; of signals; of Christian writings, 1795.

code

Past participle: coded
Gerund: coding

Imperative
code
code

Present
I code
you code
he/she/it codes
we code
you code
they code

Preterite
I coded
you coded
he/she/it coded
we coded
you coded
they coded

Present Continuous
I am coding
you are coding
he/she/it is coding
we are coding
you are coding
they are coding

Present Perfect
I have coded
you have coded
he/she/it has coded
we have coded
you have coded
they have coded

Past Continuous
I was coding
you were coding
he/she/it was coding
we were coding
you were coding
they were coding

Past Perfect
I had coded
you had coded
he/she/it had coded
we had coded
you had coded
they had coded

Future
I will code
you will code
he/she/it will code
we will code
you will code
they will code

Future Perfect
I will have coded
you will have coded
he/she/it will have coded
we will have coded
you will have coded
they will have coded

Future Continuous
I will be coding
you will be coding
he/she/it will be coding
we will be coding
you will be coding
they will be coding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been coding
you have been coding
he/she/it has been coding
we have been coding
you have been coding
they have been coding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been coding
you will have been coding
he/she/it will have been coding
we will have been coding
you will have been coding
they will have been coding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been coding
you had been coding
he/she/it had been coding
we had been coding
you had been coding
they had been coding

Conditional
I would code
you would code
he/she/it would code
we would code
you would code
they would code

Past Conditional
I would have coded
you would have coded
he/she/it would have coded
we would have coded
you would have coded
they would have coded