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code

code

noun KOHD Rare
Communication Technology

Origin: English loanword, from Latin codex (block of wood, book).

Usage Note

Code is used in Italian as an indeclinable masculine loanword, mainly in computing (scrivere del code, to write code) and in informal tech contexts. The standard Italian equivalent is codice (m), which is far more common in formal writing and speech.

Examples

"Il programmatore ha scritto del code pulito."

Natural Translation

The programmer wrote clean code.

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