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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A book that lists the symbols of a code and their meanings.

Wiktionary

  1. n. cryptography A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code.
  2. n. computer science A lookup table.

Etymologies

  1. code +‎ book. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The evolution has created something of a 'codebook' of behaviour within the private sector of file-sharing.”

    p2pnet news

  • “Nevertheless, he went through the motions of unlocking the safe and opening the codebook and checking the authentication tables again.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Omega Theory

  • “He pulled out the June 13 codebook and turned to the EAM authentication tables.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Omega Theory

  • “The evolution has created something of a ‘codebook’ of behaviour within the private sector of file-sharing.”

    DarkNets: not tomorrow, but here and now

  • “A telegram to Government House in Nairobi could not be decoded because the keys to the safe holding the codebook were unavailable.”

    The Guardian: The day Princess Elizabeth became Queen

  • “Karsten Nohl, 28, told The Associated Press this week that he, working with others online and around the world, created a codebook containing how to get past the GSM standard encryption used to keep conversations on more than 3 billion mobile phones safe from prying ears.”

    The Huffington Post: Guide To Breaking Cell Phone Security REVEALED

  • “The purpose of the codebook is not as an instructional device, but to cover the Department of Education in the event a parent sues charging discrimination against a son or daughter.”

    Alan Singer: Bizarro Bloomberg School Deform #2

  • “I discarded my last codebook when we moved to Mexico.”

    Toilet Paper

  • “Authorized users of the Enigma machine had access to a codebook which determined the base key value for a given period of time originally monthly or weekly, but over time this shifted to daily or even many times per day.”

    February « 2009 « Publius the Geek’s Blog

  • “According to my codebook, to lay a foundation for similar transactions such as this, or for any past event, foundation equals the time, the location, any other witnesses, any other comments that were made, and the witness ` state of mind at the time of the incident.”

    CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2005

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