English noun: code |
1. | code (communication) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
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| Synonyms | codification |
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| Broader (hypernym) | black and white, written communication, written language |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | building code, Bushido, dress code, fire code, health code, Highway Code, legal code, omerta, sanitary code |
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2. | code (communication) a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
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| Broader (hypernym) | coding system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | access, access code, area code, bar code, cipher, color code, cryptograph, cypher, international Morse code, Morse, Morse code, postal code, postcode, secret code, Universal Product Code, ZIP, ZIP code |
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3. | code (communication) (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
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| Synonyms | computer code |
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| Broader (hypernym) | coding system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | address, American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII, binary code, command, computer address, computer software, ECC, error correction code, firmware, instruction, machine code, machine language, microcode, object code, operation code, order code, package, program line, reference, software, software package, software program, software system, statement |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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