OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7160

code

/kəʊd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
código
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
código
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.
the mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute
código
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.
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
clave • código
A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
código
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 7161

code

/kəʊd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
programar
To write software programs.
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
codificar • criptografiar • encriptar
To encode.
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.