code1 nouncode2 verb
codecode1 /kəʊd $ koʊd/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINcode1
Origin:
1500-1600 French, Latin codex; ➔ CODEXEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A new code of practice governing the advertising of tobacco products is being introduced.
- a telegraphic code
- Building codes have been strengthened following the earthquake.
- Churches help to teach children a strong moral code.
- He will be dealt with under our code of discipline.
- Hobbs had blatantly ignored the legal profession's code of conduct.
- people who follow some strict religious code
- Some programmers write code for more than 12 hours straight.
- The code "ZZ35" on this cassette means it was imported from Europe.
- The code was used by the Japanese Navy during World War II.
- the income tax code
- And we proved it by cracking the manufacturers' secret codes.
- Ever since the World Health organisation approved an infant-formula marketing code in 1981, everyone else wants one too.
- It can even include invisible codes such as carriage returns, tab stops, indentations, and format changes.
- Management consultancy divisions of accounting firms tend to be strong on business advice and professional codes of conduct.
- Previously the code word for this was Trine and before that, during the early 1960s, Dinar.
- Rumors, false battle reports, meaningless codes, inflammatory speeches, orders to non-existent rebels.
- Two hundred code writers, broken down into teams, entered the project as if it were some underground cavern.
THESAURUS
an instruction that says what people are allowed to do or not allowed to do, for example in a game, school, or company: · the rules of baseball· He disobeyed the school rules.
an official rule that everyone in a country, city, or state must obey: · It is against the law to carry a concealed weapon.· The law requires motorcyclists to wear helmets.
an official rule or order, which is part of a set of rules made by a government or organization: · the regulations for applying for a passport· building regulations· environmental regulations on air pollution
an official rule that limits what people can do: · new restrictions on immigration· The government is planning to impose regulations on the amount of alcohol you can bring into the country.
rules or instructions about the best way to do something: · the Department of Health’s guidelines for a healthy diet· guidelines for classroom teachers
a set of rules that people or organizations agree to obey but are not forced to obey: · The school has a dress code for its students.· the company’s code of conduct
formal a law that has been officially approved by a parliament, council etc, and written down: · The statute banned corporal punishment.
American English a law, made by a city or town, that forbids or restricts an activity: · A local ordinance limited speed in the parks to ten miles an hour.
Longman Language Activatora rule an instruction that says what people are allowed to do or not allowed to do, for example in a game, or in a school or organization: · No one's allowed to ride with the driver. That's a company rule.· It says in the rules that every child has to wear school uniform.against the rules (=not allowed by the rules): · It is strictly against the rules for athletes to take drugs.break a rule (=disobey it): · I have no sympathy for Jonson. He broke the rules and got caught, that's all.rules govern something (=say how something should be done): · There have been some changes in the rules governing the use of safety equipment.hard and fast rule (=a definite fixed rule): · These are just guidelines, not hard and fast rules.
an official rule made by a government or organization, which is part of a set of rules: · Under the new regulations, coach drivers must take a break every four hours.building/planning/environmental regulations: · The building regulations are very strict about the materials you can use.safety/fire regulations: · Safety regulations affecting dangerous fluids must be scrupulously observed.comply with/conform to a regulation (=be correct according to a regulation): · All cars sold in Germany must conform to the regulations laid down by the Federal Road Safety Board.contravene/breach a regulation formal (=do something that is forbidden by it): · Anyone who takes milk from an unhealthy cow will be contravening public health regulations.
an official rule that limits what people can do: restriction on: · There are restrictions on what you can bring into the country. Alcohol, for example, is totally forbidden.impose a restriction (=bring it into operation): · The restrictions imposed by the censors make objective reporting of news impossible.lift a restriction (=stop it from operating): · Congress voted to lift trade restrictions against Iran.travel/price/import restrictions (=rules that limit the amount that someone can travel, how much something can cost etc): · For a while they tried using price restrictions as a way of controlling inflation.
one of the rules that say how a sport should be played: · FIFA is the organization that runs world football and decides whether any of the laws should be changed.law of: · the laws of cricket
a set of rules that people or organizations agree to obey but are not forced to obey: code of: · He will be dealt with under our code of discipline.code of practice (=rules saying what a particular type of organization should or should not do): · A new code of practice governing the advertising of tobacco products is being introduced.code of conduct (=rules saying how members of a profession should behave): · Hobbs had blatantly ignored the legal profession's code of conduct.moral/religious code: · people who follow some strict religious code
a set of rules - use this when you think the rules are too detailed or cause unnecessary inconvenience: · There were so many petty rules and regulations that some companies stopped trying to export their products.
WORD SETSaccess, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1phrases
It took them nearly two months to crack the code.
(=rules for people in a particular profession or business)· There is a strict code of conduct for doctors.
· Each tribe follows its own code of behaviour.
(=a code of behaviour)· The family’s code of honour meant that they had to take revenge.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + code· Children acquire their parents’ moral code.
(=rules decided by law)· the legal code on the use of pesticides
(=relating to the punishment of criminals)· At that time the penal code allowed the death penalty.
(=rules about what you must wear)· Some of the more expensive clubs have a dress code.
(=the official rules about driving in Britain)· You will be tested on your knowledge of the Highway Code.
· In future we will have to abide by a strict code of environmental standards.
(=one that people are not legally obliged to follow)· This voluntary code sets standards for retailers on the use of child labour.
verbs· Most professional organizations have a code of ethics.
· They have established a code of practice for advertisers.
(=create one)· The syndicate decided to draw up a code of conduct for its members.
· When children are near water, it’s important to follow a basic safety code.
formal (=follow one)· All staff must sign and strictly adhere to a Code of Business Ethics.
· European steel producers were judged to be breaking the code.
formal (=break one)· Any companies breaching the code will be expelled from the Association.
Meaning 2adjectives· the secret codes used during the two world wars
verbs (=discover how to understand a code)· The Enigma machine was used to crack the enemy codes.
formal (=break one)· His job involved deciphering the codes used by the enemy.
· All the information we received during the war was written in code.
· The message was sent in code to the task force, as a signal to attack.
code + NOUN (=a secret word you must know to get information, access etc)· UMBRA was the code word for top secret information.
(=a secret name used to hide your real identity)· The spy was referred to in the report only by his code name 'Trevor S'.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a set of rules stating how you must behave)· All professions have a code of conduct.
It took them nearly two months to crack the code. (=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.
(=a set of beliefs about right and wrong that influences your behaviour)· His own moral code is based on his religious beliefs.
(=set of rules about what is acceptable)· The club has a strict dress code.· Doctors have a strict code of conduct.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· One works by crossing two parents with slightly different genetic codes, and mixing their genes randomly.· Language is the same in this respect as telegraphy, genetic codes, and mathematics.· These examples show clearly that the human genetic code does not contain specific instructions to behave in a particular way.· Even the genetic code, which is arbitrary, is the same in all species.· The idea of genetic algorithms is to mimic natural Darwinian selection of genetic codes.· There is no biological need for each to have the same genetic code.· True enough, these two groups use the same basic genetic code.· Their genetic code cells were showing similar deformities to those of Chernobyl residents.
· He curbed the tribal chiefs and imposed a secular legal code.· His major achievement was a comprehensive and unusually liberal legal code.· On the contrary, it works within the framework of the Zande legal code and studiously observes all its provisions and prescriptions.· Accordingly, measures were taken to draw up a new legal code.· A unified legal code was established there in 1725-29.· This explains why patriarchal legal codes sometimes ostracize and punish the victim of rape as much as the rapist.· There are, however, particular difficulties in establishing a legal code for the control of advertisements.
· She emphasised the status of housework as a moral code rather than a logical practice.· Luther is, after all, true to his own weird moral code.· He will not voluntarily do anything which conflicts with his personal moral code, nor can he be induced to do so.· The comedia lacrimosa champions a new moral code founded on friendship, tolerance, humanity and charity.· This is fairly obvious with a relatively abstract form such as a moral code.· His parents, he knew, had followed a simpler moral code.· Anyway the moral code prevents him from taking her back whether he wants to or not.· Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code....
· Both Nash reversion and Abreu's simple penal codes are subgame perfect equilibrium strategies and so satisfy this criterion of credibility.· At the start, parliamentarians were given different versions of the penal code to discuss.· Self-defacement, inciting anti-Soviet attitudes, it's all in the penal code.· But lawyers, investigators and police have only contempt for the penal code, in force since Jan. 1.· But what needs to be changed is the spirit of the penal code.· You should note that the penal codes of some nations impose time limits for the reporting of crime.· This law includes amendments to the penal code and the conditional release of approximately 38,000 prisoners.· Euthanasia technically remained a criminal offence subject to a minimum prison sentence of 12 years under Article 293 of the penal code.
· And we proved it by cracking the manufacturers' secret codes.· The journal comes with eight secret codes to protect privacy.· We've got to talk in secret codes, like the P-Funk codes.· There were secret caches, secret trails, secret codes, secret missions, secret terrors and appetites and longings and regrets.· His days of peering into the secret codes of foreign nations, he feared, were over for ever.· She was shouting again, trying to tell Glover something in her secret code.
· No questions were asked as long as recruits accepted the harsh conditions and the unit's strict code of honour.· He had an extremely strict code of conduct for himself and a lenient one for others.· The scathing attack from consumer watchdogs comes only months after the introduction of a strict code of practice designed to improve services.· All students are informed by their instructor of the strict code of taekwondo.· Sainsbury's says it has a strict listeria code of practice and is confident that standards of hygiene are effective.· He displayed that strange other-worldliness that I have sometimes detected in other people who follow some strict religious code.
· In this respect, voluntary codes of practice applied in a particular trade are highly relevant.· This voluntary code sets standards for retailers buying goods from the third world.· That was shown about 20 years ago, shortly after the first voluntary code.· But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.· They have said that there is too much legislation and that voluntary codes are required.· The voluntary code, which will cover offshore centres, has no provisions for sanctions or enforcement checks.
· The records will be sorted by zip code and displayed on the screen.· Searches can be done by name, county or ZIP code.· Most of the zip codes with little or no comeback were concentrated in the East Bay and far North Bay.· Today, their zip code boasts the most expensive residential real estate in the Bay Area.· Neighborhood distinctions are arbitrary and often straddle zip codes.· The report indicates the number of permits issued by ZIP code, age, gender and race.
NOUN· The computer itself could only be activated by an access code known solely to Bailey.· The five-digit access code is required until at least March 1997, when the state market is more fully deregulated.· After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.· This provides you with a voice message telephone number and access code.
· And the area code showed it was in Dusseldorf - 70 miles away.· Public meetings will be held in San Diego in November to discuss possible boundaries for the next 619 area code split.· The full name and address to which the account must be paid and also its telephone number complete with area code.· On one he found four telephone numbers with out-of-state area codes.· Prefix changes Telephone customers with these prefixes have been switched to the new 760 area code.· It suggested dialing 10-321 before 1 and the area code.· Beginning tomorrow, you have to deal with area code 760.· Local calls remain local calls, even if the call crosses area codes.
· To read in such a small bar code successfully requires a very high degree of resolution.· Here bundles of cloth arrive from the mills decked in bar codes.· The do-it-yourself bar code user therefore has to write his or her own reader software.· Next month some practical bar code hardware and software will be described.· There is a bar code plus thirteen digit number on the front of this copy of Everyday Electronics.· When a bar code is read, all that is fed into the computer system is the same number.· Without this massive data base, all you read in from the bar code is a meaningless number.· And as bar codes have only 13 digits, are they going to run out of codes?
· It's a cool drinking venue, with a noir dress code observed by the arty crowd and staff.· Usually, there is something behind a dress code, some reasoning.· The elegance and grace of riding side-saddle is reiterated in the dress code.· Instead of simplifying life, relaxed business dress codes have become an expensive and troublesome burden.· I have discovered a dress code among Labour party members.· I knew the language, the dress codes, what the leisure weekend activites were.· The dress code in the East Links clubhouse required only that entrants not wear spikes.· Most public schools already have dress codes.
· It can be programmed by machine code, by taking it through the motions, or by keyboard.· This computer has no machine code instruction set or data formats in the ordinary sense.· Assembler is less computer orientated than machine code.· An assembler instruction will correspond to a frequently performed operation and represents many machine code instructions.· Like machine code, assembler is computer specific.· A statement to call a machine code subroutine.· In order for this to work, the machine code program must be loaded into the same address each time.
· Telegraph came to the village in 1901 and messages were sent by morse code.· McAlister reached for his fork and tapped out a rhythm, a signal, a Morse code.· For the richness of morse code is a borrowed richness.· He was the Einstein of the hound kingdom-able to decipher morse code.· As humans we can transmit messages to each other by speaking, writing, morse code, semaphore and smoke signals.· Beacons, semaphore, morse code were all in their day rapid methods of sending information.· Look at the Morse code chart and, using a torch, try to spell out your name.
· It was preceded by a scrupulous recce weeks before in a restaurant near his house with the code name Pomme d'Amour.· The new system was as deep and mysterious as its chromatic code name implied.· Medusa was the code name of a back-up disk suite product brought to market a year ago.· Olenick picked the code name as a tribute to his commander, Col.· The Triumph code name, by the way, has been changed.· Chuck is short for Charlie, and Charlie is the old code name for a down-home white bigot.· Fascination with code names went well beyond operations, reaching even the contra supporters and fund-raisers.· Given the ironic code name Oxcart, the plane was the first to be built from titanium.
· In the latter case you would need to get a new tax code number from your employer.· Each worker is given an income tax code number which is related to the total of his personal allowances.· It shows their tax code number and details of their gross pay and tax deducted to date.· As you select each colour from the palette, you are required to give it a code number or letter.· The signals generated vary according to the code number.· Generally, this coded message contains information about the item: its stock code number, size, colour etc.· The sample often arrives at the point of analysis marked only with a code number.
· The 7100 chip architecture itself features 32-bit instructions, 64 major operation codes and 140 machine instructions.· Usually only a small number of different operation code field sizes are used, rather than a completely variable field size.· Is the condition encoded in the operation code or in a subsidiary information field?
· The debuggers allow users to download and debug source code in real-time.· Adobe has always been highly protective of its source code, turning down deals rather than share it.· Application developers however, need to maintain only a single version of their source code for all systems.· There is no evidence that the intruder gained access to the source code for Office or any Windows products.· C programmers may be interested in the fact that WinPos comes with source code.· ProActive will release new versions of its software to meet emerging requirements, but won't sell source code, says Sippl.· The source code is to form the basis of an integrated set of financial and distribution management application modules for international usage.
· Nevertheless, Bell is right in pointing out that style shift and code switching are closely related.· The principal means whereby the two language varieties interact in conversation is through language alternation in the form of code switching.· Where bilingual code switching is concerned, this is at its most obvious to the analyst.· A great deal has been written about code switching, from various viewpoints: social, pragmatic, grammatical.· Many studies have aimed at typologies of code switching which classify switches according to their function in discourse.· In addition, there is dynamic interaction between the two varieties, mainly through code switching.
· Being realistic about it, a bar code system that would directly provide text string is not a very practical proposition.· The charge code system is also described in Section 11.· Analysis of other code systems has shown that the process of coding is time consuming and probably at least 20% inaccurate.· He said a code system used by tobacco manufacturers prevented his department or smokers knowing which ingredients were in specific brands.
· In the latter case you would need to get a new tax code number from your employer.· One reason is that the tax codes of other countries encourage savings, while ours discourages it.· Plenty of obstacles, from tax codes to bureaucrats, remain.· They blamed not the Internal Revenue Service but the tax code.· A substantial tax on marriage has been introduced into our tax code for many couples. 5.· The commission did identify 60 areas where the tax code might be simplified.
· If it had a name, or a code word, well that sounds like civil servants playing games.· Essentially, each code word is a separate, highly specialized entity.· Suppose I forget the code word.· Occasionally, the code word has to be changed because it has been compromised.· Each employee has a code word, which the computer's voice recognition chip checks.· Excellence becomes a code word for retreat from equity.· Previously the code word for this was Trine and before that, during the early 1960s, Dinar.· It was, the thinking went, a code word for lesbianism.
VERB· They can be fined if they break the code.· Mathematicians of the finest calibre were essential for what then seemed the almost impossible task of breaking a code with astronomical permutations.· Mathematicians scribble equations on blackboards and program supercomputers to make the billions of calculations needed to break a tough code.· It broke a code of silence.· The Rabari are not so much hypocritical in their attitudes to breaking the Hindu code of vegetarianism as low-key.· To break this is to break the code, so it is rarely given.· In her acceptance she broke the code of propriety, went beyond the established manners in a light encounter.
· But how are we to interpret the symbolism of other cultures; how can we crack their symbolic codes?· He cracked that code in a hurry!· Once the team has cracked this bidding code, they should be able to subvert it.· Cecil Phillips thrived on the cerebral challenge of cracking Soviet codes.· Paul used his computer to crack the code and continued as before.· What they must do to achieve that is crack the code that enables them to win the big match.
· At a meeting in Paris on 11 June the Syndicat decided to draw up a code of conduct for its members.· Employees are involved in drawing up a code of conduct for their team meetings.· Officers have already drawn up a new code of standards for landlords.· Jo Spence began by using the snapshots of her childhood to draw attention to the codes of domestic photography.
· You should enter the codes specified for your printer in its manual. 10.· Consumers can then enter this code online to earn themselves Beenz reward points.
· With any kind of water play it's important to follow the safety code.· His parents, he knew, had followed a simpler moral code.· An example is shown in Appendix G. The data are followed by the code 99999 which signals the end of the package.· Do customers-to-be really care whether you precisely follow a lengthy code of practice?· The structure of the Guidelines follows that of the code itself.· He displayed that strange other-worldliness that I have sometimes detected in other people who follow some strict religious code.
· Unfortunately, different manufacturers use different codes so there is no compatibility between different systems.· Instead of using a one-byte code, it actually drew the letter, pixel by pixel.· If you use the green code consistently the idea should be well rooted by the time they go to school.· In fact, WordPerfect uses invisible codes for many of its functions.· It will also use ObjectStore to recognise code, data and objects written in different programming languages.· It also covers data held manually which can be identified using a code held on a computer.· The earliest form of submarine cable telegraphy: manual simplex working using a cable code key.· The second method uses the actual codes sent to the screen driver.
· I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on.· You might even use WordPerfect to write source codes of computer programs.· The industry howls, then writes its own code to pre-empt any that could change its marketing practices.· One reason I have written this code of ethics is that no one has to take short cuts ever.· The 1987 State of World Population Report is written in code.· Like Samuel Pepys before him, he writes it in code.· As humans we can transmit messages to each other by speaking, writing, morse code, semaphore and smoke signals.· A great deal has been written about code switching, from various viewpoints: social, pragmatic, grammatical.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- It broke a code of silence.
- Mathematicians of the finest calibre were essential for what then seemed the almost impossible task of breaking a code with astronomical permutations.
WORD FAMILYnouncodecodingadjectivecodedverbcode
1laws/behaviour [countable] a set of rules, laws, or principles that tell people how to behave: The Torah is the basis for all the Jewish laws and their moral code. Each state in the US has a different criminal and civil code. The judge ruled that there had been no breach of the code. There were plans to introduce a dress code (=rules about what to wear) for civil servants.code of conduct/behaviour/ethics the strict code of conduct that is so much a part of karatecode of practice (=a set of rules that people in a particular business or profession agree to obey) The Textile Services Association has drawn up a code of practice endorsed by the Office of Fair Trading.► see thesaurus at rule → Highway Code, penal code2secret message [countable, uncountable] a system of words, letters, or symbols that you use instead of ordinary writing, so that the information can only be understood by someone else who knows the systemin code All reports must be sent in code.break/crack a code (=manage to understand a code) They didn’t realise that we’d broken their secret code.3symbols giving information [countable] a set of numbers, letters, or symbols that shows what something is or gives information about it: Goods that you order must have a product code. Every item found on the archaeological dig is given a code number. → bar code, genetic code, postcode, zip code4telephones [countable] (also dialling code, STD code British English) the group of numbers that comes before a telephone number when you are calling from a different area SYN area code American English: What’s the code for Aberdeen?5computers [countable, uncountable] a set of instructions that tell a computer what to do → machine code, source code6sounds/signals [countable] a system of sounds or signals that represent words or letters when they are sent by machine → Morse codeCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1phrasesa code of practice/conduct/ethics (=rules for people in a particular profession or business)· There is a strict code of conduct for doctors.a code of behaviour· Each tribe follows its own code of behaviour.a code of honour (=a code of behaviour)· The family’s code of honour meant that they had to take revenge.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + codea moral code· Children acquire their parents’ moral code.a legal code (=rules decided by law)· the legal code on the use of pesticidesa penal/criminal code (=relating to the punishment of criminals)· At that time the penal code allowed the death penalty.a dress code (=rules about what you must wear)· Some of the more expensive clubs have a dress code.the Highway Code (=the official rules about driving in Britain)· You will be tested on your knowledge of the Highway Code.a strict code· In future we will have to abide by a strict code of environmental standards.a voluntary code (=one that people are not legally obliged to follow)· This voluntary code sets standards for retailers on the use of child labour.verbshave a code· Most professional organizations have a code of ethics.create/produce/establish a code· They have established a code of practice for advertisers.draw up/lay down a code (=create one)· The syndicate decided to draw up a code of conduct for its members.follow a code· When children are near water, it’s important to follow a basic safety code.comply with/adhere to/conform to a code formal (=follow one)· All staff must sign and strictly adhere to a Code of Business Ethics.break a code· European steel producers were judged to be breaking the code.breach/violate/contravene a code formal (=break one)· Any companies breaching the code will be expelled from the Association.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesa secret code· the secret codes used during the two world warsverbsbreak/crack a code (=discover how to understand a code)· The Enigma machine was used to crack the enemy codes.decipher a code formal (=break one)· His job involved deciphering the codes used by the enemy.write something in code· All the information we received during the war was written in code.send something in code· The message was sent in code to the task force, as a signal to attack.code + NOUNa code word (=a secret word you must know to get information, access etc)· UMBRA was the code word for top secret information.a code name (=a secret name used to hide your real identity)· The spy was referred to in the report only by his code name 'Trevor S'.code1 nouncode2 verb
codecode2 ●●○ AWL verb VERB TABLE
code
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | code |
| he, she, it | codes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coded |
| he, she, it | has coded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will code |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am coding |
| he, she, it | is coding | |
| you, we, they | are coding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was coding |
| you, we, they | were coding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coding |
| he, she, it | has been coding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Security badges are coded to show which buildings each person may enter.
- And why is it coded with initials?
- Fig. 1 shows how an eight bit binary number can be bar coded using this system.
- It is not supposed to be obvious that the statement can be coded into arithmetic, but it can be.
- It was based on independent particles, each coding for a single attribute and each following its own path down the generations.
- Topological feature based methods detect and code straight lines and the orientation of strokes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It took them nearly two months to crack the code.
(=a set of rules stating how you must behave)· All professions have a code of conduct.
It took them nearly two months to crack the code. (=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.
(=a set of beliefs about right and wrong that influences your behaviour)· His own moral code is based on his religious beliefs.
(=set of rules about what is acceptable)· The club has a strict dress code.· Doctors have a strict code of conduct.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The system allows us to establish ranges of values for fields and then codes the data accordingly.· The method of coding the data in this study was rather different from that used by Hughes and Cole.· Now a data processing research institute is to study ways of coding such sensitive data.
· The genes code information for the formation of protein, the main constituent of our tissues and enzymes.· One way of coding the information of two tapes on a single tape is to interleave the two.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- It broke a code of silence.
- Mathematicians of the finest calibre were essential for what then seemed the almost impossible task of breaking a code with astronomical permutations.
WORD FAMILYnouncodecodingadjectivecodedverbcode
1[transitive] to put a set of numbers, letters, or symbols on something to show what it is or give information about it: Each path is coded to show the level of difficulty. The researcher codes them X or Y.2[transitive] to put a message into code so that it is secret OPP decode: a coded messageGRAMMAR Code is usually passive in this meaning.3[intransitive, transitive] to write computer programs: I think kids should be taught how to code.