code

code
code ► NOUN 1) a system of words, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy. 2) (also dialling code) a sequence of numbers dialled to connect a telephone line with another exchange. 3) Computing program instructions. 4) a systematic collection of laws or statutes: the penal code. 5) a set of conventions governing behaviour.
► VERB 1) convert into a code. 2) (usu. coded) express in an indirect or euphemistic way.
DERIVATIVES coder noun.
ORIGIN originally denoting a collection of statutes in ancient Rome: from Latin codex 'block of wood' .

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