Algorithm vs. Code

Algorithm and Code Definitions
Algorithm
A finite set of unambiguous instructions that, given some set of initial conditions, can be performed in a prescribed sequence to achieve a certain goal and that has a recognizable set of end conditions.
Code
A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
Algorithm
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
Code
A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.
Algorithm
Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
Code
An access code.
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Algorithm
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.
Code
A special command, such as a sequence of keystrokes, that allows a user to activate a hidden or accidental feature in a computer program or video game.
Algorithm
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
Code
The information that constitutes a specific computer program.
Code
A system of symbols and rules that serve as instructions for a computer.
Code
(Genetics) The genetic code.
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Code
A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
Code
A systematic collection of regulations or rules of procedure or conduct
A building code.
Code
(Medicine) Code blue.
Code
(Slang) A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.
Code
To convert (a message, for example) into code.
Code
To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
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Code
To assign a code to (something) for identification or classification
Coded each response to the survey by age and gender.
Code
To express or convey (words) in a manner that implies a different meaning
A novel that codes references to a character's sexuality in descriptions of clothing.
Code
To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide
A gene that codes for an enzyme.
Code
To specify the genetic code for a trait or characteristic
A gene that codes for red hair.
Code
(Computers) To write or revise a computer program.
Code
(Slang) To go into cardiac arrest.
Code
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
Code
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.
Code
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
Code
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Code
By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
Code
A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
Code
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Code
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
This HTML code may be placed on your web page.
Code
(scientific programming) A program.
Code
(linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
Code
(medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
Code
(informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
Girl code
Code
(computing) To write software programs.
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
Code
To add codes to a dataset.
Code
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
Code
(cryptography) To encode.
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
Code
To encode a protein.
Code
(medicine) To call a hospital emergency code.
Coding in the CT scanner
Code
To go into a state where a hospital emergency code is required to save one's life.
He coded out of nowhere
Code
(medicine) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency a code blue such as cardiac arrest.
Code
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.
Code
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.
Code
A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
Code
A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
Code
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Code
Attach a code to;
Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later
Code
Convert ordinary language into code;
We should encode the message for security reasons