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Word entry · 4 letters

code

Best crossword clue

"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

01“Computer instructions”4 letters
02“Program text”4 letters
03“Programmer's text”4 letters
04“Secret message system”4 letters
05“Secret set of symbols”4 letters
06“Secret system”4 letters
07“Secret writing system”4 letters

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