light
light source | any device serving as a source of illumination, he stopped the car and turned off the lights |
| source | a facility where something is available |
| source of illumination | any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation |
ultraviolet lamp
ultraviolet source | any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation |
code of conduct
code of behavior | a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group |
source
seed
germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
| source language | a language that is to be translated into another language |
| code | a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
access
access code | a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) |
| area code | a number usually of digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada |
bar code
Universal Product Code | code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser, printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information |
| color code | system using colors to designate classifications |
cipher
cypher
cryptograph secret code | a secret method of writing |
Morse
Morse code
international Morse code | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
ZIP code
ZIP
postcode
postal code | a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail |
| code computer code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
| binary code | code using a string of binary digits to represent characters |
error correction code
ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
machine code
machine language | a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation |
| object code | the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer |
operation code
order code | the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed, the set of operations in a computer |
| source code | program instructions written as an ASCII text file, must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution |
web site
website
internet site
site | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web, the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers |
| source book | a collection of historically important documents published together as a book |
Roman law
Justinian code
civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
| source program | a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language |
logic bomb
slag code | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied, when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects, a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb |
ethic
ethical code | a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct |
| code codification | a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
| legal code | a code of laws adopted by a state or nation, a code of laws |
| penal code | the legal code governing crimes and their punishment |
United States Code
U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
| building code | set of standards established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings |
| dress code | a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited) |
| fire code | set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc |
sanitary code
health code | set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc |
| Highway Code | the code of rules governing the use of public roads |
| source | a document (or organization) from which information is obtained, the reporter had two sources for the story |
| source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
code flag
nautical signal flag | one of an international code of flag signals used between ships |
| reference source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to, he carried an armful of references back to his desk, he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation |
| genetic code | the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells |
| triplet code | the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid |
beginning
origin
root
rootage
source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
| point source | a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
quasar
quasi-stellar radio source | a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy, many have large red shifts |
| radio source | an object that radiates radio waves |
reservoir
source | anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival |
generator
source
author | someone who originates or causes or initiates something, he was the generator of several complaints |