Thesaurus: code

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1. n. 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.
2. n. 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.
3. n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
4. n. a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
5. n. (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
6. n. a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
7. v. attach a code to
8. v. convert ordinary language into code
9. 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.
10. v:11/n:89 n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) n. a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy n. (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions v. attach a code to