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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A lookup table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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noun
A list of disorders or conditions and the codes that represent them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English code Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bheh2g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English codebook From code + book.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
