code

Noun

code noun

1. A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.“This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.”
2. 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.
3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.“The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.”
4. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

Verb

code verb

1. To write software programs.“I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.”
2. To add codes to a dataset.
3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4. To encode.“We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.”

code verb

1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.