CODE â Definition of CODE
noun
1
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
2
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.
3
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
4
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
verb
1
To write software programs.
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
2
To add codes to a dataset.
3
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4
To encode.
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
đ Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/code
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