7 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Code \Code\ (k[=o]d), noun [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or
stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with
wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a
writing.]
1. 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.
Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian
is sometimes called, by way of eminence. ''The Code''
--Wharton.
2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one
subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the
regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the
naval code, a system of rules for making communications at
sea means of signals.
{Code civil} or {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France in
1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and
of property generally. --Abbot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
code
noun
1: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written
ones) [syn: {codification}]
2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring
brevity or secrecy
3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or
instructions in a computer program or the set of such
instructions [syn: {computer code}]
verb
1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you
can identify them later"
2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {encipher},
{cipher}, {cypher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}, {write in code}]
[ant: {decode}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
158 Moby Thesaurus words for "code":
Aesopian language, Babel, Code Napoleon, Greek, Napoleonic code,
Procrustean law, TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network,
Teletyping, Ten Commandments, Zeitgeist, argot, axiology, babble,
behavioral norm, body of law, business ethics, canon, cant,
capitulary, census, cipher, closed-circuit telegraphy,
code of ethics, code of laws, code of morals, coded message,
codification, commandment, convention, conventions, corpus juris,
criterion, cryptoanalysis, cryptoanalytics, cryptogram,
cryptograph, cryptographer, cryptography, customs, cypher,
decalogue, dictum, digest, digest of law, double Dutch,
duplex telegraphy, electricity, encipher, encode, encrypt, equity,
ethic, ethical system, ethics, ethos, facsimile telegraph, form,
formality, formula, formulary, garble, general principle,
gibberish, gift of tongues, glossolalia, gobbledygook, golden rule,
guideline, guiding principle, imperative, index, interrupter,
inventory, invisible ink, jargon, jumble, jurisprudence, key, law,
law of nature, laws, legal ethics, maxim, medical ethics, mitzvah,
moral, moral climate, moral code, moral principles, morals,
multiplex telegraphy, new morality, news ticker, noise, norm,
norma, normative system, order of nature, ordinance, organization,
orthodoxy, pandect, penal code, practices, prescribed form,
prescription, principium, principle, principles,
professional ethics, protocol, quadruplex telegraphy,
railroad telegraphy, receiver, regulation, regulations, rubric,
rule, scramble, secret language, secret writing, sender, set form,
settled principle, simplex telegraphy, single-current telegraphy,
slang, social ethics, sounder, standard, standards, standing order,
stock ticker, structure, submarine telegraphy, sympathetic ink,
system, table, table of organization, telegraphics, telegraphy,
teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriting, telex, tenet, ticker,
traditions, transmitter, typotelegraph, typotelegraphy,
universal law, value system, wire service, working principle,
working rule
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
code n. The stuff that software writers write, either in source form or
after translation by a compiler or assembler. Often used in opposition
to "data", which is the stuff that code operates on. This is a mass
noun, as in "How much code does it take to do a {bubble sort}?", or "The
code is loaded at the high end of RAM." Anyone referring to software as
"the software codes" is probably a {newbie} or a {suit}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
code
Instructions for a computer in some programming
language, often {machine language}. The word "code" is often
used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code
is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in
contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just
code.
(2000-04-08)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
CODE
Client/server Open Development Environment (Powersoft)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
CODE
COlor Depth Enhancement (ATI)
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