write in code

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

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

{cipher}, {cypher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}] [ant: {decode}]

write-only code

[a play on "read-only memory"] Code so arcane, complex, or

ill-structured that it cannot be modified or even comprehended

by anyone but its author, and possibly not even by him/her. A

{Bad Thing}.

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