code

n 1: a set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones

[syn: {codification}]

2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring

brevity or secrecy

3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or

instructions in a computer program or the set of such

instructions [syn: {computer code}]

v 1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you

can identify them later"

2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the

message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {encipher},

{cipher}, {cypher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}, {write in code}]

[ant: {decode}]

VCODE

1. The {intermediate language} used in the compilation of

{NESL}.

["Implementation of a Portable Nested Data-Parallel Language",

Guy Blelloch et al, in Fourth ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Princ

and Practice of Parallel Programming, ACM, 1993].

2. The {intermediate language} used in the compilation of

{C:◊}.

(1995-01-12)