Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word code-book.
Examples
-
Most compression schemes in use today are based on some seriously heavy duty math, combined with a lot of heuristic tricks (example above – math in the LPC, heuristic trick in coupling a code-book to it).
-
One of my older cousins brought along a James Bond 007 Shooting Attache Case, which contained a shell-firing pistol with stock, scope and silencer as well as a secret message decoder and a booby-trapped code-book.
-
I think however you have to work on your blinking code-book as you have clearly mispelt the words idiotic, deranged and fool when referring to Ms Althouse.
Long blog posts. Ann Althouse 2006
-
By sending her a packet containing a lock of his hair and a code-book for secret communication, Jones was behaving presumptuously—especially now that their amitié amoureuse had become the squalid fare of gossip columnists.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
-
By sending her a packet containing a lock of his hair and a code-book for secret communication, Jones was behaving presumptuously—especially now that their amitié amoureuse had become the squalid fare of gossip columnists.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
-
Letter-time pad (which had been invented by the Germans in the First World War, and adopted by all those with anything worth hiding) required the use of a code-book with figures printed opposite every phrase.
between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998
-
He addressed himself to the communicator code-book, then pressed a set of discolored old buttons.
Marune: Alastor 933 Vance, Jack 1975
-
'I don't want to go all the way up there to get the code-book just to find that some hobnailed idiot has fallen over this and given it a heart attack.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
-
He turned his attention to Harrod's code-book and spent about ten minutes in memorising call-up signals and wave-frequencies and writing a message out in code.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
-
The radio code-book inside Sergeant Harrod's tunic. '
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.