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code

[kohd] / koʊd /
NOUN
secret language system
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NOUN
instructions for a computer
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VERB
to write in computer language or program
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Zuckerberg's new manifesto announced plans to share its artificial intelligence tools more openly, meaning that the design or code behind the tech will be made public, allowing anyone to view, use and change it.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“We are not going to have cross traffic again in these complicated airspaces like DCA,” he said, using the airport’s code.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They believe AI is too dangerous and releasing the underlying code would wreak havoc, and that AI models must instead be developed and released in a controlled fashion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The reactions themselves are extremely ancient and are conserved across life to a degree comparable with the genetic code.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The smiley face is a code for my dad’s namesake.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

But there is no standardized public key for deciphering them; codes vary among plants and products, and the absence of an obvious “TF” is no guarantee Taylor Farms wasn’t involved.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Over the years, other design houses have adopted hardware as part of their codes too.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

More than 3.5 million people applied for invitation codes for early access, with some codes fetching thousands of dollars on online resale markets.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Following are the three hottest ZIP codes in each state in America:

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

These had features in common with codes she had solved before, and they were more crucial to the war effort than the chatter of South American spies.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

In the early years of vehicle autonomy, Tesla, Alphabet’s robotaxi unit Waymo and others meticulously coded driving instructions into software.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

It also prohibits the use of “sell by” dates on food packaging, but it does allow coded “sell by” dates that retain stock rotation information for retailers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

In the deeply coded discourse of superpower relations, I think that translates into vigorous competition and disagreement, but without an actual shooting war.

From Salon May 17, 2026

For the first time, enterprise AI solutions became the primary growth driver in the cloud division as customers coded agentic applications on the Gemini platform.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

Its specialty was reading the coded cables of foreign diplomats who were based in the United States.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Chinese tech giants seeking to take advantage of the interest in OpenClaw have been offering simplified installation and affordable coding plans to help users host its agents on cloud servers.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Tencent and others are offering simplified installation and affordable coding plans to help users host OpenClaw agents on cloud servers.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

"It could be more user-friendly, with less coding involved," she says.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Not every company is building AI products, but almost all of them expect applicants to be fluent in AI tools or to use AI-assisted coding.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

But they’d seek his help for physics and even software coding, a tribute to a rare depth and breadth of scientific capability.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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