Code



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 密码, 暗号; v.将某事物编写成密码
• ［英］ 密码, 暗号 ( system of words, letters, symbols, that represent others, used for secret messages) 将某事物编写成密码 ( put or write sth in code)
• ［例］ coded messages

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin caudex, codex trunk of a tree, document formed originally from wooden tablets
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a systematic statement of a body of law; especially one given statutory force
• 2. a system of principles or rules <moral code
• 3.
  • a. a system of signals or symbols for communication
  • b. a system of symbols (as letters or numbers) used to represent assigned and often secret meanings
• 4. genetic code
• 5. a set of instructions for a computer
• ? codeless adjective

II. verb (coded; coding)

• Date: 1815
• transitive verb
  • to put in or into the form or symbols of a code
• intransitive verb
  • to specify the genetic code gene that codes for a protein
• ? codable adjective
• ? coder noun

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