Code | Mean of code in English Dictionary

/ˈkoʊd/

• Noun
• a set of laws or regulations
1. the state's criminal code
2. the tax code
3. the city's plumbing/electrical/building codes
4. The school has a dress code. [=rules about what a person can wear]
• a set of ideas or rules about how to behave
1. a moral code
2. Everyone in the organization has to follow its code of ethics.
3. The army has a strict code of conduct/behavior.
• a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., that is used to secretly send messages to someone
1. The enemy was unable to break/crack the army's secret code.
2. The message was sent in code.

• a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., that identifies or gives information about something or someone
1. Every item in the store has a product code.
2. Enter your security code to access the computer.
3. Each employee is given a code number.
• a set of instructions for a computer
1. He was hired to write programming code.
2. lines of code
• Verb
• to put (a message) into the form of a code so that it can be kept secret
1. The message was coded.
2. The general sent a coded message.
• to mark (something) with a code so that it can be identified
1. Each product has been coded.
2. The trails on the mountain are all color coded. [=each trail is marked by a particular color]
• to change (information) into a set of letters, numbers, or symbols that can be read by a computer
1. Programmers coded the data.