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rules dressed as language so machines and humans can pretend they agree.
means a code is a system that maps meaning onto symbols so information can be stored, sent, hidden, or executed.
from from latin codex, a block of wood split into tablets for writing laws — codes were literally carved before they were typed.
morse densitye is one dot because it is the most common letter
genetic codeonly 64 codons spell every living thing
zip codesinvented in 1963 just to sort mail faster
for instance
morse code — 1836, dots and dashes moved telegraph messages across continents
enigma cipher — nazi germany's wwii machine, cracked at bletchley park by 1941
dna codon table — three-letter genetic instructions built every organism on earth
ascii — 1963 standard, still maps every keyboard letter to a number