Code (disambiguation)
For an acronym, see CODE (disambiguation).
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A code 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
- Coding theory, branch of mathematics and computer science dealing with data transmission
- Code (cryptography), device for hiding the meaning of a message
- Nomenclature codes, rulebooks of scientific naming convention
- Code (semiotics), device to carry information in a verbal and/or nonverbal form
- Same as variety (linguistics): language, dialect, or language register
- Code (set theory), set with a particular isomorphism to another set
- Machine code, a sequence of instructions to a processor unit
- Source code in computing, a sequence of statements and/or declarations written in some human-readable (usually as a text) computer programming language
- Code (metadata), data elements whose allowable values can be represented as enumerated lists
- Code point, colloquially referred as a [character] code (in some encoding)
Specific codes
- Morse code, a method which humans can transmit letters using only short and long pulses
- Baudot code was used in telegraphy
- Barcode
- Product code (disambiguation), identifier of an individual product
- Hospital emergency codes
Society and law
- Code (law), body of law written and enforced by a state
- Ethical code, adopted by a profession, by a governmental or quasi-governmental organ, or by a trade group or other organization
Entertainment
Performance
Code of non-infringement "The Code" of clowns and other performers.
Literature
- Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, a 1999 book by Lawrence Lessig
- Code: Version 2.0, a 2006 update to the 1999 book by Lawrence Lessig
- Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 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
- Thick as Thieves (2009 film) or The Code, a 2009 Heist film
Music
- Code (album), album by Cabaret Voltaire
- Code (audio standard), or ΧΟΔΕ, high-fidelity audio disc brand developed by T-Bone Burnett
- Code (band), Norwegian/English black metal band
- Codes (band), Irish indie electronic band
- "Decode (song)", a 2008 song by Paramore
- The Code (band), ska punk band
- U;Nee Code 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, a 2003 French CGI/hand drawn animated television series
- Code Geass, a 2006 award winning anime
- The Code (2007 TV series), Australian observational documentary series
- The Code (UK TV series), 2011 British mathematics documentary series
Video games
- Konami Code, a cheat code which appears in mainly Konami video games
Other uses
- Code, California, former settlement
- Code, any one of the distinct games known as football
- The Code or code of non-infringement
- Code, unit of scale in model railroading
- Code, in rugby, to refer to the difference between rugby league and rugby union, e.g. 'changing codes' (a player switching from playing one type of rugby to the other)
