English > code: 5 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy. |
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| Narrower | Morse, Morse code, international Morse code | A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
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| ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code | A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail / mail |
| access, access code | A code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) |
| area code | A number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada |
| bar code, Universal Product Code | Code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser |
| cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code | A secret method of writing |
| color code | System using colors to designate classifications |
| Broader | coding system | A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages |
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| Spanish | clave, código |
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| Catalan | clau, codi |
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| Verbs | code | convert ordinary language into code |
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English > code: 5 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions. |
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| Synonym | computer code |
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| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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| Narrower | American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies |
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| address, computer address, reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
| binary code | Code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters |
| error correction code, ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
| firmware, microcode | (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory |
| instruction, command, statement, program line | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program |
| machine code, machine language | A set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation |
| object code | The machine-language output / output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer |
| operation code, order code | The portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed |
| software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory |
| Broader | coding system | A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages |
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| Spanish | código informático, código |
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| Catalan | codi informàtic, codi |
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| Verbs | code | convert ordinary language into code |
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