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CODE

from Latin ‘caudex’ meaning book or literally tree trunk

people used to write on wooden planks covered with wax

the wooden planks came from tree trunks

code is something written

code is a set of written laws

United States Code (USC)

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a coding system

a legal code

lines of code

lines of computer programming

to encode something it means to write it in code

and not in simple language

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the code of practice

programming code

to break the code

code breakers

area code and number

code word

code word is pass word

password is a key to enter

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building code

building codes are the rules of building

code name

code blue is a medical emergency within the hospital

a coding specialist is someone who works with codes

programmers code for a living

[to be or not to be that is the question] (William Shakespeare)

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ZIP

zip stands for Zone Improvement Plan

a code adopted in the US in 1963

zip code is the numbers

for a particular postal area

as in my zip code is 08054

my area code is 856

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