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How to pronounce code
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What does code mean?
nounA short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
“This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.”
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”
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
“The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.”
verbTo write software programs.
“I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.”
To add codes to (a data set).
“The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).”
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
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