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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

Derived forms: coding, codes, coded

See also: coder, codify, coding

Type of: black and white, coding system, encode, label, mark, tag, written communication, written language

Encyclopedia: Code