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Word entry · 4 letters

code

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"Computer instructions"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kəʊd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cdeoStarts with CEnds with E7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. convert ordinary language into code

Word origin

From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of 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.”). Doublet of codex.

Used in a sentence

  • This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
  • the mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute
  • The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Computer instructions4 letters
02Program text4 letters
03Programmer's text4 letters
04Secret message system4 letters
05Secret set of symbols4 letters
06Secret system4 letters
07Secret writing system4 letters

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