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Code: A set of rules: an historically and/or culturally based set of conventions.

Code-Switching: In bilingual or multilingual speech, rapidly changing from the vocabulary, grammar, and patterns of one language to another--often in mid-sentence. An example sentence to illustrate this pro . . . View Full Definition

Genetic Code: The linear series of nucleotides, read as triplets, that specifies the sequence of amino acids in proteins. Each triplet specifies an amino acid, and the same codons are used for the same am . . . View Full Definition

Reconnaissance (Recco) Code: An aircraft weather reconnaissance code that has come to refer primarily to in-flight tropical weather observations, but actually signifies any detailed weather observation or investigation . . . View Full Definition

Airport Code: Three-letter codes used to identify airports.

United States Code (USC): The consolidation and codification of all the general and permanent laws of the United States. The U.S. Code is divided into 50 titles that represent broad subject areas. Title 7 is Agricult . . . View Full Definition

Food Code: The code, published by the Food and Drug Administration, consists of model requirements for safeguarding public health that may be adopted and used by various parts of local, state, and fede . . . View Full Definition

Hemingway Code: Hemingway's protagonists are usually 'Hemingway Code Heroes,' i.e., figures who try to follow a hyper-masculine moral code and make sense of the world through those beliefs. Hemingway himsel . . . View Full Definition

Nowell Codex: The common scholarly nickname for the medieval manuscript that contains Beowulf. The official designation for this manuscript is Cotton Vitellius A.xv. You can click here to see the first pa . . . View Full Definition

Code Of Federal Regulations (CFR): The codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the federal government. The Code is divided into 50 titles . . . View Full Definition