Code
/koʊd/
Definitions
2 meaningsA set of instructions or symbols used to represent information.
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A system of symbols or signals.
The computer program is written in a special code.
💡 Simply: Imagine a secret language that only you and your friends understand. That's a code! Computers use code too, it's a set of instructions that tell them what to do.
👶 For kids: A secret message or set of instructions.
More Examples
This code unlocks the door.
How It's Used
"The programmer wrote efficient code for the new software."
"They used a secret code to protect sensitive information."
To write or translate into code.
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To convert into a code.
He coded the software application in Java.
💡 Simply: Coding is like writing instructions for a computer in a language it understands. It's like writing a recipe, but for a computer!
👶 For kids: To write secret messages or instructions for a computer.
More Examples
The spy coded the message and sent it.
How It's Used
"She coded the website using HTML and CSS."
"They coded the message before sending it."
Idioms & expressions
crack the code
To solve a mystery or puzzle.
"The detectives finally cracked the code and solved the case."
From Old French *code, from Latin cauda ('tail'), referring to the tail-end of a legal document. Its modern meaning evolved through various stages, including a collection of laws and then to a system of symbols.
Early uses focused on legal codes and secret messages, then evolved with the development of computers.