Hypertext Webster Gateway: "code"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Code \Code\ (k[=o]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or
stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with
wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a
writing.]
1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the
rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are
set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by
public authority; a digest.

Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian
is sometimes called, by way of eminence. ``The Code''
--Wharton.

2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one
subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the
regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the
naval code, a system of rules for making communications at
sea means of signals.

{Code civil} or {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France in
1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and
of property generally. --Abbot.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

code
n 1: a set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones
[syn: {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 [syn: {computer code}]
v 1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you
can identify them later"
2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {encipher},
{cipher}, {cypher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}, {write in code}]
[ant: {decode}]


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