Code (disambiguation)
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A code
Code
A code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another form or representation , not necessarily of the same type....

is a rule for converting a piece of information into another object or action, not necessarily of the same sort.

Code may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Code (cryptography)
    Code (cryptography)
    In cryptography, a code is a method used to transform a message into an obscured form, preventing those who do not possess special information, or key, required to apply the transform from understanding what is actually transmitted. The usual method is to use a codebook with a list of common...

    , device for hiding the meaning of a message
  • Code density
  • Machine code
    Machine code
    Machine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit. Each instruction performs a very specific task, typically either an operation on a unit of data Machine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions...

    , a sequence of instructions to a processor unit
  • Nomenclature codes
    Nomenclature Codes
    Nomenclature codes or codes of nomenclature are the various rulebooks that govern biological taxonomic nomenclature, each in their own broad field of organisms...

    , rulebooks of scientific naming convention
  • Code (metadata)
    Code (metadata)
    In metadata, the representation term code refers to, and is used in the name of, data elements whose allowable values can be represented as enumerated lists. Each enumerated value is a string that for brevity represents a specific meaning. For example, for a PersonGenderCode the allowable code...

    , data elements whose allowable values can be represented as enumerated lists
  • Code point
    Code point
    In character encoding terminology, a code point or code position is any of the numerical values that make up the code space . For example, ASCII comprises 128 code points in the range 0hex to 7Fhex, Extended ASCII comprises 256 code points in the range 0hex to FFhex, and Unicode comprises 1,114,112...

    , colloquially referred as a [character] code (in some encoding)
  • CODE (programming language)
  • Code (semiotics)
    Code (semiotics)
    In semiotics, a code is a set of conventions or sub-codes currently in use to communicate meaning. The most common is one's spoken language, but the term can also be used to refer to any narrative form: consider the color scheme of an image , or the rules of a board game In semiotics, a code is a...

    , device to carry information in a verbal and/or nonverbal form
  • Code (set theory), set with a particular isomorphism to another set
  • Source code
    Source code
    In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...

     in computing, a sequence of statements and/or declarations written in some human-readable (usually as a text) computer programming language
  • Coding theory
    Coding theory
    Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their fitness for a specific application. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error-correction and more recently also for network coding...

    , branch of mathematics and computer science dealing with data transmission
  • Variety (linguistics)
    Variety (linguistics)
    In sociolinguistics a variety, also called a lect, is a specific form of a language or language cluster. This may include languages, dialects, accents, registers, styles or other sociolinguistic variation, as well as the standard variety itself...

    , language, dialect, or language register
  • Crude Oil Data Exchange
    Crude Oil Data Exchange
    Crude Oil Data Exchange is an electronic business standard sanctioned by the American Petroleum Institute. CODE was initially implemented as the standard in 1978. It provides field formats and record layouts to facilitate the transmission of crude oil run tickets between producers and...

    , an electronic business standard sanctioned by the American Petroleum Institute
  • Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition
    Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition
    The Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition, or CODE, was a digital art showcase at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. The festival, which lasted from February 4 to 21, was the first of its kind at a major sporting event, showcasing the new digital media styles in art, music, and film.First...


Specific codes

  • Morse code
    Morse code
    Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...

    , a method which humans can transmit letters using only short and long pulses
  • Baudot code
    Baudot code
    The Baudot code, invented by Émile Baudot, is a character set predating EBCDIC and ASCII. It was the predecessor to the International Telegraph Alphabet No 2 , the teleprinter code in use until the advent of ASCII. Each character in the alphabet is represented by a series of bits, sent over a...

     was used in telegraphy
  • Product code (disambiguation), identifier of an individual product
  • Hospital emergency codes
    Hospital emergency codes
    Hospital Emergency Codes are used in hospitals worldwide to alert staff to various emergency situations. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with a minimum of misunderstanding to staff, while preventing stress or panic among visitors to the hospital...


Literature

  • Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
    Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
    Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a book by Lawrence Lessig. It has evolved into a partially wiki-written book Code v2 under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.- Main topic :...

    , a 1999 book by Lawrence Lessig
    • Code: Version 2.0
      Code: Version 2.0
      Code: Version 2.0 is a book by Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig which proposes that governments have broad regulatory powers over the Internet.- The book :...

      , a 2006 update to the 1999 book by Lawrence Lessig
  • Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
    Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
    Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software is a book by Charles Petzold, published in 1999. The book aims to be an introduction to the design and workings of computers and software with no prior knowledge required....

    , a 1999 book by Charles Petzold

Film

  • Motion Picture Production Code or Hays Code, the voluntary US films censorship guidelines from 1930 to 1968
  • The Code (2001 film), a 2001 Linux documentary
  • The Code (2009 film) (Za kôdo: Angô), a Japanese live action film directed by Kaizo Hayashi
    Kaizo Hayashi
    is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with To Sleep so as to Dream . Abroad, he is best known for his neo-noir Maiku Hama trilogy, The Most Terrible Time in My Life , Stairway to the Distant Past and The Trap .-Partial filmography:* To Sleep so as to Dream *...

  • Thick as Thieves (2009 film) or The Code, a 2009 Heist film

Music

  • Code (album)
    Code (album)
    Code is an album by British electronic band Cabaret Voltaire. The track "Don't Argue" was released as a single, as was "Here To Go"....

    , album by Cabaret Voltaire
  • Code (audio standard), or ΧΟΔΕ, high-fidelity audio disc brand developed by T-Bone Burnett
  • Code (band)
    Code (band)
    Code are an English/Norwegian black metal band that formed in 2002.The band formed out of Aort's solo project Seasonal Code with which he had released three demos between 1998 and 2001....

    , Norwegian/English black metal band
  • Codes (band)
    Codes (band)
    Codes are an Irish indie electronic quartet from Dublin, consisting of Daragh Anderson, Eoin Stephens, Paul Reilly and Raymond Hogge. Their debut album Trees Dream in Algebra was nominated for the 2010 Choice Music Prize...

    , Irish indie electronic band
  • "Decode (song)
    Decode (song)
    "Decode" is a song by Paramore released as a single from the soundtrack to the film Twilight. It is also included as a bonus track on the international version of Paramore's third studio album, Brand New Eyes....

    ", a 2008 song by Paramore
  • The Code (band)
    The Code (band)
    The Code is a former American ska-punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band released their first full-length CD on A-F Records, which they followed up with a split with Whatever It Takes. They have also toured with bands such as Rise Against, Against Me!, Bouncing Souls, Pipedown and...

    , ska punk band
  • U;Nee Code
    U;Nee Code
    U;Nee Code is the debut studio album by K-pop singer, U;Nee. It was released on June 12, 2003, on Synnara Music.-Overview:U;Nee Code marks the debut of K-pop singer, U;Nee...

     or Code, the 2003 debut album by Korean pop singer U;Nee

Television

  • "The Code" (Smart Guy), a 1997 episode of Smart Guy
  • Code Lyoko
    Code Lyoko
    Code Lyoko is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo. The series centers on boarding school students Jeremie, Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to fight against multi-agent computer program XANA with Aelita, a being originally...

    , a 2003 French CGI/hand drawn animated television series
  • Code Geass, a 2006 award winning anime
  • The Code (TV series)
    The Code (TV series)
    The Code: Crime and Justice was an Australian observational documentary series that first screened on the Nine Network on 5 February 2007....

    , a 2007 Australian observational documentary series
  • The Code (UK TV series)
    The Code (UK TV series)
    The Code is a mathematics-based documentary for BBC Two presented by Marcus du Sautoy, beginning on 27 July 2011. Each episode covers a different branch of mathematics...

    , a 2011 British mathematics documentary series

Society and law

  • Code (law)
    Code (law)
    A code is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification. Though the process and motivations for codification are similar in common law and civil law...

    , body of law written and enforced by a state
    • Legal code (municipal)
  • Ethical code
    Ethical code
    An ethical code is adopted by an organization in an attempt to assist those in the organization called upon to make a decision understand the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' and to apply this understanding to their decision...

    , adopted by a profession, by a governmental or quasi-governmental organ, or by a trade group or other organization

Other uses

  • Code, California
    Code, California
    Code is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad south-southeast of Terese....

    , former settlement
  • Code, any one of the distinct games known as football
    Football
    Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...

  • The Code or code of non-infringement
    Code of non-infringement
    The Code of Non-Infringement refers to the accepted business practice and custom among certain performance artists, particularly clowns, that an artist's unique performance attributes are proprietary and cannot be used or claimed by another...

  • Code, unit of scale in model railroading
    Rail transport modelling
    Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale...

  • Code, in rugby, to refer to the difference between rugby league
    Rugby league
    Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

     and rugby union
    Rugby union
    Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

    , e.g. 'changing codes' (a player switching form playing one type of rugby to the other)

See also

  • Coding (disambiguation)
  • Codebook (disambiguation)
    Codebook (disambiguation)
    A codebook is a type of document used for gathering and storing codes.Codebook may also refer to:*CodeBook, software used in building information modeling* Codebook algorithm, an algorithm used in cryptography*The Code Book, a 1999 book by Simon Singh...

  • Barcode
    Barcode
    A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...

  • Recode (disambiguation)
  • Code name
    Code name
    A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage...

  • Coda (disambiguation)
  • Code Breakers (disambiguation)
  • Encoding (memory)
    Encoding (Memory)
    Memory has the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the...

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