κώδικας — meaning in English

English meaning

• code noun Instructions written in a programming language that a computer can run.
• codex noun A manuscript book, especially an old one, made of bound pages rather than a scroll.
• language noun A system of words and grammar used by a community to communicate.

Senses

κώδικας is used for these senses in English:

• code (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
• codex An early manuscript book.
• codex A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
• language (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.

code — full definition

1. noun Instructions written in a programming language that a computer can run.
2. noun A system of symbols or signals used to represent information secretly or compactly.
3. noun A formal set of laws, rules, or principles governing a subject or group.
4. verb To write instructions for a computer program.

codex — full definition

1. noun A manuscript book, especially an old one, made of bound pages rather than a scroll.
2. noun An official reference list of medicines and their ingredients.

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