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ALL meanings of recode

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  • noun recode a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message: Morse code. 1
  • noun recode a system used for brevity or secrecy of communication, in which arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are assigned definite meanings. 1
  • noun recode any set of standards set forth and enforced by a local government agency for the protection of public safety, health, etc., as in the structural safety of buildings (building code) health requirements for plumbing, ventilation, etc. (sanitary code or health code) and the specifications for fire escapes or exits (fire code) 1
  • noun recode a systematically arranged collection or compendium of laws, rules, or regulations. 1
  • noun recode any authoritative, general, systematic, and written statement of the legal rules and principles applicable in a given legal order to one or more broad areas of life. 1
  • noun recode a word, letter, number, or other symbol used in a code system to mark, represent, or identify something: The code on the label shows the date of manufacture. 1
  • noun recode Digital Technology. a set of symbols that can be interpreted by a computer or piece of software: binary code; Java code; ASCII code. the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program, or the set of instructions in such a program: That program took 3000 lines of code. 1
  • noun recode any system or collection of rules and regulations: a gentleman's code of behavior. 1
  • noun recode Medicine/Medical. a directive or alert to a hospital team assigned to emergency resuscitation of patients. 1
  • noun recode Genetics. genetic code. 1
  • noun recode Linguistics. the system of rules shared by the participants in an act of communication, making possible the transmission and interpretation of messages. (in sociolinguistic theory) one of two distinct styles of language use that differ in degree of explicitness and are sometimes thought to be correlated with differences in social class. Compare elaborated code, restricted code. 1
  • verb with object recode to translate (a message) into a code; encode. 1
  • verb with object recode to categorize or identify by assigning a code to: All specimens were coded prior to the test. 1
  • verb with object recode to arrange or enter (laws or statutes) in a code. 1
  • verb with object recode Digital Technology. to write code for (a computer program or application) (often followed by up): Hire a programmer to code up a website for you. 1
  • verb without object recode Genetics. to specify the amino acid sequence of a protein by the sequence of nucleotides comprising the gene for that protein: a gene that codes for the production of insulin. 1
  • verb without object recode Digital Technology. to write computer code. 1
  • verb recode to put (something) into, or provide (something) with, a new or different code 0
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