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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈkoːdə/
"Der Programmierer schrieb neuen Code für die Website."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A set of rules or laws governing behavior or procedure, or a system of words, letters, or figures substituted for other words, letters, etc., for the purpose of secrecy.
"The spies used a complex secret code to transmit messages across enemy lines." - 2
Instructions written in a computer language that can be executed to perform a specific task.
"She spent the entire afternoon debugging lines of code for the new software application."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'code' (meaning a collection of laws), from Old French, and ultimately from the Latin 'codex', referring to a bound manuscript or book of laws. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from legal texts to systems of signals, and subsequently to computer programming instructions in the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Code" is said worldwide
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code
Transliteration: /kɔd/
"Il est difficile de déchiffrer ce code."
Kode
Transliteration: /ˈkoːdə/
"Der Programmierer schrieb neuen Code für die Website."
codice
Transliteration: /ˈko.di.t͡ʃe/
"Questo messaggio è scritto in codice."
código
Transliteration: /ˈko.ði.ɣo/
"Debes introducir el código secreto para abrir la puerta."
código
Transliteration: /ˈko.di.ɡu/
"O programa de computador foi escrito em código aberto."
कोड
Transliteration: kod
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सुरक्षित संदेश पढ़ने के लिए आपको कोड की आवश्यकता है।"
代码
Transliteration: dǎimǎ
Script: 中文汉字
"程序员正在电脑上编写代码。"
코드
Transliteration: kodeu
Script: 한국어 한글
"비밀 코드를 입력해야 문이 열립니다."
コード
Transliteration: kōdo
Script: 日本語
"彼は新しいプログラムのコードを書いている。"
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