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code word

1. A secret word or phrase used as a code name or password.

2. A euphemism: "The Democrats' 'populism' is a code word for bigger farm subsidies and protectionism" (New Republic).

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code′ word`

a euphemistic or politically acceptable catchword or phrase used instead of a blunter or less acceptable term.

[1965–70]

code word

1. A word that has been assigned a classification and a classified meaning to safeguard intentions and information regarding a classified plan or operation.
2. A cryptonym used to identify sensitive intelligence data.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Translations

code word

n → Codewort nt; (Comput also) → Passwort nt, → Kennwort nt

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When their ride arrived, they exchanged code words with the driver.

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'This gang had developed a big network, which also used secret code words for supply of drugs on various campuses,' the police officer said.

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The Rangers official also played a recorded Whatsapp call in which the suspects purportedly discussed the crimes including terrorist activities involving code words like 'boxes' for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 'aalu' for hand grenade and 'cassette' for pistol.

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NAB prosecutor further told that disclosure regarding Cheemas investment of four million in Dera Ghazi College Punjab and purchase of flats in Islamabad has surfaced during the investigation, while transaction in code words through laptop also took place due to which the accused should be handed over to NAB with an extension in the remand for further investigations.

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Learners can also choose to type in code or simply tap on predetermined icons with the necessary code words on them.

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The Code Talkers memorized over 400 code words. They practiced every possible message they might later send or receive by radio.

The unbreakable code

In fact, [2.sup.8] distinct words, but it will have only [2.sup.4] defined code words, and this is because of their one to one relationship between each message and its corresponding code word as per equation 3.

Performance metric measure of LDPC codes in the deep space communication

Further, in Jelinek [11], it is shown that coding with respect to Campbell's mean length is useful in minimizing the problem of buffer overflow which occurs when the source symbol is produced at a fixed rate and the code words are stored temporarily in a finite buffer.

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Code words were used to communicate between individuals.

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BOF aggregates a bag of descriptors into a single vector which is obtained as the histogram of the assignment of all image descriptors to code words. Generally, to achieve comparable search performance, the number of code words should be large enough, e.g., up to millions.

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Kuyumcu, whose name is Turkish, used code words when discussing his plans, calling Iran "neighbor," for example, investigators said.