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