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Noun: code  kowd
  1. A set of rules, principles or laws (especially written ones)
    - codification
     
  2. A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
     
  3. (computing) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
    - computer code
Verb: code  kowd
  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: coding, coded, codes

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

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