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code
noun
a
system
of
words
,
symbols
,
or
signals
used
to
send
secret
or
specialized
messages
•
The
treasure
map
was
written
in
a
strange
code
.
The
treasure
map
was
written
in
a
strange
code
.
•
During
the
war
,
soldiers
used
a
radio
code
that
the
enemy
could
not
break
.
During
the
war
,
soldiers
used
a
radio
code
that
the
enemy
could
not
break
.
From
Latin
“
codex
”
meaning
a
book
of
laws
or
tablets
,
later
generalized
to
any
set
of
rules
or
symbols
.
noun
an
official
set
of
rules
or
standards
that
people
must
follow
•
The
building
code
requires
every
house
to
have
smoke
alarms
.
The
building
code
requires
every
house
to
have
smoke
alarms
.
•
Our
school
has
a
strict
dress
code
.
Our
school
has
a
strict
dress
code
.
Sense
extended
from
earlier
meaning
of
“
book
of
laws
”
in
the
14th
century
to
any
organized
set
of
rules
.
noun
the
written
instructions
in
a
programming
language
that
tell
a
computer
what
to
do
•
She
spent
the
night
fixing
the
code
for
her
new
game
.
She
spent
the
night
fixing
the
code
for
her
new
game
.
•
When
the
code
was
wrong
,
the
website
crashed
.
When
the
code
was
wrong
,
the
website
crashed
.
Adopted
in
the
mid-20th
century
when
computers
began
to
require
symbolic
instructions
,
extending
the
older
sense
of
‘
code
’
as
a
system
of
symbols
.
verb
-
code
,
coding
,
codes
,
coded
to
write
instructions
in
a
programming
language
for
a
computer
•
I
learned
to
code
my
first
website
in
high
school
.
I
learned
to
code
my
first
website
in
high
school
.
•
The
team
will
code
a
new
feature
this
week
.
The
team
will
code
a
new
feature
this
week
.
Verb
use
emerged
in
the
1960s
alongside
the
rise
of
software
development
,
from
the
noun
“
code
”
in
the
computing
sense
.
verb
-
code
,
coding
,
codes
,
coded
to
change
information
into
symbols
or
numbers
,
especially
to
keep
it
secret
or
make
it
shorter
•
The
device
codes
the
message
before
sending
it
.
The
device
codes
the
message
before
sending
it
.
•
Scientists
coded
the
data
so
it
could
be
read
by
the
machine
.
Scientists
coded
the
data
so
it
could
be
read
by
the
machine
.
Based
on
earlier
sense
of
‘
cipher
’,
influenced
by
the
rise
of
electronic
communication
in
the
20th
century
.