as in law
a collection or system of rules of conduct
Hammurabi was an ancient king of Babylon with a famous code of laws the tax code
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Recent Examples of code
Clara McMahon, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Major tech firms have agreed to do more to fight hate speech, signing a code of conduct that's been integrated into the EU's Digital Services Act.
—Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Such a system would be able to, for example, manage a complex coding project from start to finish, draw on insights from biology to solve engineering problems, or write a Pulitzer-worthy novel.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Don’t forget to click the coupon box and redeem the discount code to get the best deal.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Major tech firms have agreed to do more to fight hate speech, signing a code of conduct that's been integrated into the EU's Digital Services Act.
—Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
For example, one of our clients building a coding model collected 2,000 prompt-completion pairs per month for fine-tuning.
—Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Such a system would be able to, for example, manage a complex coding project from start to finish, draw on insights from biology to solve engineering problems, or write a Pulitzer-worthy novel.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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The lesson of Pritzker, post-Dobbs, is that state laws and policies can mitigate the impact of federal action, even from an entity so powerful as the Supreme Court.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The town has been unable to import a replacement due to New Jersey laws meant to stop the spread of rabies, according to Milltown Mel’s Facebook page.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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South Korea's constitution gives the president the power to declare martial law to keep order in wartime and other comparable emergency states, but many experts say the country wasn't under such conditions when Yoon declared martial law.—
HYUNG-JIN KIM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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And ultimately, South Koreans may decide the time has come to revise the constitution, written in 1948 under U.S. military occupation and last revised in 1987 under military dictatorship.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2025
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The national gloom stems from something deeper, specifically the torment of a supposedly cohering national story about opportunity that is encoded in culture, policy, and civic life.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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For instance, a genetic essentialist would say that a person’s athleticism, intelligence, personality and a range of other traits are encoded entirely in their DNA.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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However, even the most junior codebreaker in possession of two messages encrypted with the same pad would be able to strip off the encryption and read both.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ransomware — in which hackers encrypt victims' computers and put sensitive information at risk until a ransom is paid — has plagued nearly every sector.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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