code in English: A set of numbers, letters, or signs used to send a secret message or to open something. "Code" also means the instructions that make a computer work. (noun)

Translation

A set of numbers, letters, or signs used to send a secret message or to open something. "Code" also means the instructions that make a computer work.

Word origin

From Latin codex, a book of laws.

Gender

Pluralcodes

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This code is a short set of numbers.

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"In code" means only some people can read it.

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Computer code tells a computer what to do.

secret

Something you know but do not tell other people.

number

A word or symbol, like one, two, or three, that tells you how many.

computer

A machine with a screen that stores information and lets you write, play, and go online.

lock

To close a door or box with a key so no one else can open it.

key

A small metal thing that opens or locks a door.

program

A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do. For television and for a plan of events, Britain spells the word "programme".

hack

To break into a computer system without permission; also to cut something roughly with hard blows.

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