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).

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