Q: Why did the programmer sneeze? A: ‘cuz he had a __.

noun

1. A systematic statement of a body of law
2. A system of principles or rules

   "moral code"

3. A system of signals or symbols for communication
4. A system of symbols (such as letters or numbers) used to represent assigned and often secret meanings
5. Coded language a word or phrase chosen in place of another word or phrase in order to communicate an attitude or meaning without stating it explicitly

   "The strategy also appealed to blue-collar workers in the Northeast and Northwest who were opposed to “forced bussing.” This was expressed in code as favoring “law and order” and opposing “crime in the streets.”"

6. Genetic code
7. Instructions for a computer (as within a piece of software)

   "writing code for a new app"

verb

1. To put in or into the form or symbols of a code
2. To specify the genetic code

   "a gene that codes for a protein"

3. To create or edit computer code

   "She got a job coding for Google."

noun

1. A designation having a coded and usually secret meaning

noun

1. Code name
2. Euphemism

noun phrase

1. A set of rules about good and bad behavior

   "The company has its own code of ethics."

noun

1. A usually 3-digit number that identifies a particular telephone service area in a country (such as the U.S. or Canada)

noun

1. Any of various racially discriminatory laws that were passed in 1865 and 1866 in states that had been part of the Confederate States of America and that were enacted in order to maintain white supremacy see white supremacy after the formal abolition of slavery at the end of the American Civil War

noun

1. Formally or socially imposed standards of dress

noun

1. The biochemical basis of heredity consisting of codons in DNA and RNA that determine the specific amino acid sequence in proteins and appear to be uniform for nearly all known forms of life

noun

1. Either of two codes consisting of variously spaced dots and dashes or long and short sounds used for transmitting messages by audible or visual signals