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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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