Definition of Codes. Meaning of Codes. Synonyms of Codes

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Definition of Codes

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Code Code (k[=o]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.] 1. 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. Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence. ``The Code' --Wharton. 2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. Code civil or Code Napoleon, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. --Abbot.

Meaning of Codes from wikipedia

- known algorithm for deriving prefix codes. Prefix codes are widely referred to as "Huffman codes" even when the code was not produced by a Huffman algorithm...
- Country calling codes, country dial-in codes, international subscriber dialing (ISD) codes, or most commonly, telephone country codes are telephone number...
- Codes. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded ZIP Code system that it named ZIP+4, often known as "plus-four codes", "add-on codes"...
- standard – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. The ISO 3166 standard contains three parts: ISO 3166-1 – Codes for the...
- ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names...
- This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
- three-letter code standard. This table lists all two-letter codes (set 1), one per language for ISO 639 macrolanguage, and some of the three-letter codes of the...
- which require the use of a postal code. Although postal codes are usually ****igned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes ****igned to individual...
- administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes. Airport codes arose out of the convenience that...
- (HTTP) response status codes. Status codes are issued by a server in response to a client's request made to the server. It includes codes from IETF Request...