code

(kōd)

1. A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
2. A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code.
3. a. A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
   b. A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.
4. A system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer; a computer program.
5. Genetics The genetic code.
6. Slang A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.

1. To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
2. To convert (a message, for example) into code.

1. Genetics To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide.
2. Computer Science To write or revise a computer program.
3. Slang To go into cardiac arrest.

Code