Code vs. Regulation
Codenoun
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
Codenoun
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Codenoun
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
Codenoun
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Codenoun
By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
Codenoun
A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
Codenoun
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Codenoun
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
Codenoun
(scientific programming) A program.
Codenoun
(linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
Codeverb
(computing) To write software programs.
Codeverb
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
Codeverb
(cryptography) To encode.
Codeverb
To encode a protein.
Codeverb
(medicine) To call a hospital emergency code.
Codeverb
(medicine) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency a code blue such as cardiac arrest.
Codenoun
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Codenoun
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
Codenoun
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
Codenoun
a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
Codenoun
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Codeverb
attach a code to;
Codeverb
convert ordinary language into code;
Codenoun
a system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy
Codenoun
a phrase or concept used to represent another in an indirect way
Codenoun
a series of letters, numbers, or symbols assigned to something for the purposes of classification or identification
Codenoun
short for dialling code
Codenoun
program instructions
Codenoun
a systematic collection of laws or statutes
Codenoun
a set of conventions or moral principles governing behaviour in a particular sphere
Codeverb
convert (the words of a message) into a code so as to convey a secret meaning
Codeverb
express the meaning of (a statement) in an indirect way
Codeverb
assign a code to (something) for purposes of classification or identification
Codeverb
write code for (a computer program)
Codeverb
be the genetic code for (an amino acid or protein)
Codeverb
be the genetic determiner of (a characteristic)
Code
In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication channel or storage in a storage medium. An early example is an invention of language, which enabled a person, through speech, to communicate what they thought, saw, heard, or felt to others.
Regulationnoun
(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
Regulationnoun
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
Regulationnoun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
Regulationnoun
(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
Regulationnoun
(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
Regulationadjective
In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
Regulationnoun
The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
Regulationnoun
A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
Regulationnoun
an authoritative rule
Regulationnoun
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
Regulationnoun
the state of being controlled or governed
Regulationnoun
(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
Regulationnoun
the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
Regulationnoun
the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
Regulationadjective
prescribed by or according to regulation;
Regulationnoun
a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
Regulationnoun
in accordance with regulations; of the correct type
Regulationnoun
of a familiar or predictable type; formulaic
Regulationnoun
the action or process of regulating or being regulated
Regulation
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.
