coded

code  (kd)

n.

1. A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.

2. A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code.

3.

a. A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.

b. A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.

4. A system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer; a computer program.

5. Genetics The genetic code.

6. Slang A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.

v. cod·ed, cod·ing, codes

v.tr.

1. To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.

2. To convert (a message, for example) into code.

v.intr.

1. Genetics To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide.

2. Computer Science To write or revise a computer program.

3. Slang To go into cardiac arrest.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cdex, book; see codex.]

Translations

coded [ˈkəʊdɪd] ADJ → en cifra, en clave(also fig)

coded [ˈkəʊdɪd] adj

(lit) (= in code) [message, warning] → codé(e)

(fig) (= indirect) [language, remarks, message] → voilé(e)

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) [signal, information] → codé(e)

coded

adj

(= in code) message, warning, instructions → codiert, verschlüsselt; in coded form → in codierter or verschlüsselter Form

(= indirect) criticism, attack, reference → versteckt; in coded language → in verschlüsselter or codierter Sprache

(Telec) signal → codiert