Code : (noun)
1: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written
ones) [syn: codification]
2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring
brevity or secrecy
3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or
instructions in a computer program or the set of such
instructions [syn: computer code]
(verb)
1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you
can identify them later"
2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: encode, encipher,
cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
[ant: decode]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CODE, legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name
given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made by the
legislature. Among the most noted may be mentioned the following:
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau
Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code,
and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. They
were authorized to add a system of commercial law, and aCode : of practice.
The code the prepared having been adopted, was promulgated in 1824, under
the title of the "Civil Code of the State of Louisiana."
2. The code is based on the Code Napoleon, with proper and judicious
modifications, suitable for the state of Louisiana. It is composed of three
books: 1. the first treats of persons; 2. the second of things, and of the
different modifications of property; 3. and the third of the different modes
of acquiring the property of things. It contains 3522 articles, numbered
from the beginning, for the convenience of reference.
3. This code, it is said, contains many inaccurate definitions. The
legislature modified and changed many of the provisions relating to the
positive legislation, but adopted the definitions and abstract doctrines of
the code without material alterations. Based on this circumstance, as well as
from the inherent difficulty of the subject, the positive provisions of the
code are often at variance with the theoretical part, which was intended to
elucidate them. 13 L. R. 237.
4. This code went into operation on the 20th day of May,. 1825. 11 L.
R. 60. It is in both the French and English languages; and in construing it,
it is a rule that when the expressions used in the French text of the code
are more comprehensive than those used in English, or vice versa, the more
enlarged sense will be taken, as thus full effect will be given to both
clauses. 2 N. S. 582.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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CODE, JUSTINIAN, civil law. A collection of the constitutions of the
emperors, from Adrian to Justinian; the greater part of those from Adrian to
Constantine are mere rescripts; those from Constantine to Justinian are
edicts or laws, properly speaking.
2. TheCode : is divided into twelve books, which are subdivided into
titles, in which the constitutions are collected under proper heads. They
are placed in chronological order, but often disjointed. At the head of each
constitution is placed the name of the emperor who is the author, and that
of the person to whom it is addressed. The date is at the end. Several of
these constitutions, which were formerly in the code were lost, it is
supposed by the neglect of "copyists. Some of them have been restored by
modern authors, among whom may be mentioned Charondas, Cugas, and Contius,
who translated them from Greek, versions.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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CODE, NAPOLEON. TheCode : Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign
of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was
deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Code : Client/server Open Development Environment (Powersoft)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Code : COlor Depth Enhancement (ATI)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Code : n. The stuff that software writers write, either in source form or
after translation by a compiler or assembler. Often used in opposition
to "data", which is the stuff that code operates on. This is a mass
noun, as in "How much code does it take to do a bubble sort?", or "The
code is loaded at the high end of RAM." Anyone referring to software as
"the software codes" is probably a newbie or a suit.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Code : Code: The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The discovery of the genetic code clearly ranks as one of the premiere events of what
has been called the Golden Age of Biology (and Medicine).
Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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