code

A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.

This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.

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.

the mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute

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.

The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.

A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

The ASCII code of "A" is 65.

To write software programs.

I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

To add codes to (a data set).

The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).

To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.

To encode.

We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

To encode a protein.

Alternative form of cod.