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"CODES" is a plural of: code. |
Date "CODES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Codes n. [scientific computing] Programs. This usage is common in people who hack supercomputers and heavy-duty number-crunching, rare to unknown elsewhere (if you say "codes" to hackers outside scientific computing, their first association is likely to be "and cyphers"). Source: Jargon File. |
Energy | Legal documents that regulate construction to protect the health, safety, and welfare of people. Codes establish minimum standards but do not guarantee efficiency or quality. (references) |
Law | Bound volumes of law organized by subject matter. The code to be changed by a bill is referred to in the title of the bill. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COSA | English | Comparison of rock-mechanics computer codes for salt | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CODES |
| English words defined with "CODES": Alan Mathison Turing, Alan Turing ♦ Codist, cryptanalysis, cryptanalyst, cryptanalytics, cryptograph, cryptographer, cryptography, cryptologist, cryptology ♦ Roman law ♦ triplet code, Turing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CODES": building codes ♦ codes revelation ♦ hydrodynamic computer codes ♦ NC codes, network channel codes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CODES" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (dipped headlights), German (codes). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I gave you the security codes so you could ransack the lab while those bunglers tried to kill Wayne. (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini) I mean, for crying out loud another stiff ass Brit, with your secret codes and your passwords. (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) What do the building codes say about filling the basement with earth? (Saturday the 14th; writing credit: Jeff Begun; Howard R. Cohen) Six hundred fifty megs of triple-X leather-and-bondage porno, or targeting codes. (Under Siege 2: Dark Territory; writing credit: Richard Hatem) | |
Lyrics | I speak in codes (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob) | |
Song Titles | Area Codes (performing artist: Ludacris) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A look at the new Defense Department common access card. With an 32 kilobyte embedded computer chip, magnetic stripe and two bar codes, the "Smart Card" will eventually replace the standard military identification card. (File photo). |  | The recording, storing and matching of information about cellular markers or genetic codes ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Schwab.. |
 | 1917-1918, reference prints from negatives. Back cover of album with client codes. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Lord Byron | I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then leaders emerged, then laws were made, then codes came into being. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It codes for an enzyme important in the brain's manufacture of dopamine. (references) | |
One particular tumor suppressor gene codes for a protein called "p53" that can trigger cell suicide (apoptosis). (references) | ||
The gene, hypocretin receptor 2, codes for a protein that allows brain cells to receive instructions from other cells. (references) | ||
Business | All import requirements are listed by HS codes (tariff code). (references) | |
The second is that some firms' activities span multiple codes. (references) | ||
The City of Buenos Aires is changing its planning and zoning codes. (references) | ||
Children | Algeria | Legal experts maintain that the Penal and Family Codes do not offer children sufficient protection. (references) |
Jordan | In 2000 the Greater Amman Municipality established a new Special Buildings Codes Department for Special Needs Citizens to enforce the implementation of the 1993 law. (references) | |
Germany | All 16 states have incorporated the federal guidelines into their building codes, and 98 percent of federal public buildings follow the guidelines for a "barrier-free environment." There were no reports of societal discrimination against persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | Neither the Constitution nor the Civil and Penal Codes prohibit proselytizing or conversion. (references) |
Costa Rica | The revisions include changes to constitutional provisions, laws, penal, and electoral codes. (references) | |
Lebanon | There are different personal status codes for each of the 18 officially recognized religious groups. (references) | |
Economic History | Czech Rep | Both are subject to the same tax codes and laws. (references) |
Spain | Membership implies adherence to a number of ethical codes. (references) | |
Costa Rica | The Civil and Commercial Codes govern commercial transactions. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | Civil and criminal codes are based on Belgian and customary law. (references) |
Comoros | The legal system incorporates Islamic law as well as French legal codes. (references) | |
Pakistan | Under both the Hudood and standard criminal codes, there are bailable and nonbailable offenses. (references) | |
Minorities | Moldova | They must pay rent for their facilities and meet local curriculum requirements, building codes, and safety standards. (references) |
Greece | The Roma of Tyrnavos, Thessaly, attempted to build their own lavatories in order to improve their living conditions, but local authorities pulled them down and imposed fines for violating construction codes. (references) | |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | Czech tax codes are generally in line with European Union tax policies. (references) |
Political Rights | Mexico | Many state Electoral Codes provide that no more than 70 to 80 percent of candidates can be of the same gender. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | U.S. bar codes can remain on the package, and most retailers make use of them. (references) |
Armenia | Companies wishing to obtain bar codes for their products should apply to SARM. (references) | |
Travel | Uzbekistan | For women, however, there are two dress codes, one for Tashkent and one everywhere else. (references) |
Spain | Since 1998, provincial codes, two or three digit codes beginning with 9, are obligatory even within regions. (references) | |
Australia | Sports of all types are well-supported, in particular, the four football codes (Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union and soccer) and cricket. (references) | |
Women | Australia | Spousal rape is illegal under the state criminal codes. (references) |
Belarus | Spousal abuse is punishable under the Criminal and Administrative Codes; nonsevere beating is punishable by a fine or up to 15 days imprisonment and more serious offenses are punishable by up to 15 years in jail. (references) | |
Iran | While the enforcement of a conservative Islamic dress codes has varied with the political climate since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, what women wear in public is not entirely a matter of personal choice. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Uganda | Building codes often are not enforced. (references) |
Dominican Republic | However, workers rarely have heard of such codes, or the principles they set out. (references) | |
Canada | The country also has assisted other governments in revising their criminal codes to conform to relevant international conventions. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CODES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 90.38% of the time. "CODES" is used about 945 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 90.38% | 854 | 8,267 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 9.62% | 91 | 34,491 |
| Total | 100.00% | 945 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CODES": Building Codes ♦ codes revelation ♦ intelligent system for automatic processing of design codes of practice ♦ linear codes ♦ NC codes ♦ network channel codes ♦ polynomial codes. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CODES": bar-codes, law-codes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cheat codes.com | 1,226 |
play station codes.com | 406 |
codes.com zip | 111 |
2 codes.com play station | 50 |
2 cheat codes.com play station | 41 |
cheat codes.com console | 20 |
codes.com ign | 15 |
chet codes.com | 4 |
action codes.com replay | 3 |
codes.com game rockstar | 3 |
codes.com def jam vendetta | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CODES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 代 (Code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | visning af koder (codes revelation), standardiserede koder (standardized codes), netværks kanalkoder (NC codes, network channel codes), nationale brandbekæmpelsesreglementer (national fire codes), landekoder (codes for countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | codes voor de landen (codes for countries), visuele weergave van de codes (codes revelation), netwerkkanaalcodes (NC codes, network channel codes), NC-codes (NC codes, network channel codes), genormaliseerde codes (standardized codes), DNA-sequentie die codeert voor een proteine (DNA sequence which codes for one protein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koodien ilmaisu (codes revelation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | codes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kode (code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωδικοί NC (NC codes, network channel codes), κωδικοί καναλιού δικτύου (NC codes, network channel codes), κωδικοί χωρών (codes for countries), γραμμικοί κώδικεσ (linear codes), προτυποποιημένοι κωδικοί (standardized codes), πολυωνυμικοί κώδικεσ (polynomial codes), εθνικοί κώδικες πυροπροστασίας (national fire codes), απεικόνιση κωδίκων (codes revelation), αλληλουχία βάσεων του DNA που αποτελεί τον κώδικα μιας πρωτεϊνης (DNA sequence which codes for one protein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | codici standard (standardized codes), codici dei paesi (codes for countries), visualizzazione dei codici (codes revelation), sequenza nel DNA che costituice il codice per la formazione di una proteina (DNA sequence which codes for one protein), norme nazionali antincendio (national fire codes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 律令 式 (codes of laws and ethics), 律令国家 (the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes), 律令 (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models), 六法 (six law codes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りつりょうきゃくしき (codes of laws and ethics), りつりょう"っか (the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes), りつりょう (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models), りつれい (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models), ろっぽう (six law codes, the six directions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부호 (Code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odescay códigos normalizados (standardized codes), códigos de países (codes for countries). (various references) кодировать код;кодекс. (various references) códigos estandarizados (standardized codes), códigos de países (codes for countries), códigos de canales de redes (NC codes, network channel codes), secuencia de bases en el ADN que codifica una proteína (DNA sequence which codes for one protein), revelado de códigos (codes revelation), normas preventivas (national fire codes), normas nacionales de protección (national fire codes). (various references) koder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CODES": codesign, codesigned, codesigning, codesigns. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CODES": decodes, encodes, microcodes, miscodes, ostracodes, postcodes, precodes, recodes, subcodes. (additional references) | |
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"CODES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cadec, cadens, cadeus, cbds, Cdes, Cdev, Cdos, cds, cedens, Cidse, codae, Codazzi, codds, codec, codecs, codek, codens, codesa, codeu, Codey, codi, Codisa, codys, coes, comdef, coode, coodos, cordis, coses, coudes, coudos, coxey, cozes, cudos, cueds, culdees, iodes, kodas, kode, pcdos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CODES" (pronounced kō"dz) |
| 3 | -ō" d z | bodes, busloads, corrodes, erodes, explodes, implodes, loads, lodes, modes, nodes, odes, reloads, roads, toads, unloads. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coeds, decos. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-o-s" | |
-1 letter: code, cods, coed, deco, docs, does, dose, odes. | |
-2 letters: cod, cos, doc, doe, dos, eds, ode, ods, oes, ose, sec, sod. | |
-3 letters: de, do, ed, es, od, oe, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-o-s" | |
+1 letter: closed, codecs, codens, coders, coshed, cosied, costed, credos, decors, decoys, escudo, scoped, scored, scowed, second, socked. | |
+2 letters: acnodes, bodices, ceboids, cestode, cestoid, choused, chowsed, coasted, codders, coddles, codeias, codeins, codgers, codices, coedits, coheads, coldest, coleads, comedos, condoes, corders, coursed, cowshed, crossed, deacons, decocts, decodes, defocus, diocese, discoed, docents, dockers, dockets, douches, ecdyson, encodes, escoted, escudos, focused, hocused, medicos, miscode, peascod, recodes, records, redocks, scoffed, scolded, scolder, sconced, scooped, scooted, scorned, scoured, scouted, scowder, scowled, seconde, secondi, secondo, seconds, shocked, smocked, solaced, sourced, stocked, subcode, zydecos. | |
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