[kəʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy
(e.g: the Americans cracked their diplomatic code)

- program instructions
(e.g: assembly code)

- a systematic collection of laws or statutes
(e.g: a revision of the penal code)


Phrases:
- bring something up to code

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin codex, codic- (see codex). The term originally denoted a systematic collection of statutes made by Justinian or another of the later Roman emperors; compare with code (mid 18th century), the earliest modern sense

[kəʊd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- convert (the words of a message) into a code so as to convey a secret meaning
(e.g: only Mitch knew how to read the message—even the name was coded)

- write code for (a computer program)
(e.g: most developers code C + + like C)

- be the genetic code for (an amino acid or protein)
(e.g: genes that code for human growth hormone)


Phrases:
- bring something up to code

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin codex, codic- (see codex). The term originally denoted a systematic collection of statutes made by Justinian or another of the later Roman emperors; compare with code (mid 18th century), the earliest modern sense