Proper noun
Codes
A diminutive of the male given name Cody.
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. Will Durant
Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light. Wisława Szymborska
Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. Hannah Arendt
We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become. Brandon Sanderson
Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism. Diane Sawyer
We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background. M. H. Abrams