1. A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
   - 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
   - computer code

1. Attach a code to
   "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" 
2. Convert ordinary language into code
   - encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code 
3. Create code, write a computer program
   "She writes code faster than anybody else"
   - write

Derived forms: coded, coding, codes

See also: coder, codify, coding

Type of: black and white, coding system, create by mental act, create mentally, encode, label, mark, tag, written communication, written language

Encyclopedia: Code

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