Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
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Term:
code
Definition: a technique by which the basic elements of language, such as syllables, words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs, are disguised through being replaced by other, usually shorter, arbitrarily selected language elements, requiring a codebook (table) for translation. A term not generally used in relation to encryption. Not to be confused with cipher. |
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