Code

1. Business ethics.

Any written statement of best practice or of ethical conduct in business.

2. Abbreviations.

Abbreviation for any one of a number of particular codes, for example the UK Corporate Governance Code.

3. Information technology - software - noun.

Instructions for computers in machine-readable form.

For example, binary code.

4. Information technology - verb.

To write instructions for computers in machine-readable form.

5. Communication - abbreviations.

A standardised, abbreviated string of letters, numbers, other characters - or some combination of these - designed to enable efficient and error-free communication.

For example, Bank identifier codes (BIC), currency codes, or the codes used in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).

To write instructions for computers in machine-readable form.

6. Cryptography.

Information represented in encrypted form, an algorithm or process designed to create encrypted messages, or the activity of creating an encrypted message.

See also

• ACT Ethical Code
• Algorithm
• Bank identifier code (BIC)
• Binary code
• City Code
• Code of practice
• Cryptography
• Currency code
• FX Global Code
• Information technology
• Prompt Payment Code
• Software
• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
• UK Corporate Governance Code
• UK Stewardship Code
• Uniform Commercial Code