Code and Argument

noun

• A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones.
  • synonyms: codification
• A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy.
• Computer science. ( the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
  • synonyms: computer code

verb

• Attach a code to.
  • usage: "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
• Convert ordinary language into code.
  • usage: "We should encode the message for security reasons"
  • synonyms: encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

• (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
• (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.

noun

• A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.
  • usage: "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
  • synonyms: statement
• A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
  • usage: "they were involved in a violent argument"
  • synonyms: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing
• A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.
  • usage: "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
  • synonyms: argumentation, debate
• A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie.
  • usage: "the editor added the argument to the poem"
  • synonyms: literary argument
• Computer science. ( a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)
  • synonyms: parameter
• A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable.
• A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning.
  • usage: "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
  • synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line

• (n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
• (n.) Proof; evidence.
• (n.) Matter for question; business in hand.
• (n.) A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it or against it.
• (n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
• (n.) A process of reasoning or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
• (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
• (v.i.) To make an argument; to argue.