codebook

ˈkoʊdbʊk

Definition

Definition of codebook - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

computer science

TECH.

lookup table in computing

TECH.

The program accessed the codebook for data retrieval.

cryptography

TECH.

book used to encode or decode messages

TECH.

The codebook was essential for the secret mission.

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book used to encode or decode messages

Origin of codebook

English, code (system of words) + book (collection of pages)

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ECB

abbr.

abr: Electronic Codebook

method for encrypting data in blocks

Examples of codebook in a sentence

Engineers updated the codebook to improve performance.
Without the codebook, decoding the message was impossible.
The spy hid the codebook in a safe place.

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French:table de correspondance, livre de codes, ...
German:Codebuch, ...
Italian:tabella di codici, libro dei codici, ...
Spanish:libro de códigos, ...
Portuguese:livro de códigos, manual de cifragem, ...
Chinese:编码手册, ...
Japanese:コードブック, 暗号書, ...
Arabic:جدول ترميز, كِتَاب شِيفْرَة, ...
Hebrew:סֵפֶר קוֹדִים, ...
Russian:кодовая книга, шифровальная книга, ...
Ukrainian:кодова книга, шифрувальна книга, ...
Hindi:कोडबुक, गुप्त पुस्तक, ...
Bengali:কোডবুক, কোডিং বই, ...
Catalan:llibre de codis, llibre de codificació, ...
Czech:kódová tabulka, kódová kniha, ...
Danish:opslagstabel, krypteringsbog, ...
Dutch:codeboek, codex, ...
Greek:κωδικοβιβλίο, βιβλίο κωδικοποίησης, ...
Hungarian:kódkönyv, kódkulcs, ...
Khmer:តារាងកូដ, សៀវភៅលេខកូដ, ...
Korean:코드북, 암호책, ...
Persian:جدول جستجو, کتاب رمزگذاری, ...
Polish:tabela kodów, książka kodowa, ...
Portuguese (BR):tabela de códigos, manual de cifragem, ...
Romanian:codificator, carte de coduri, ...
Swedish:kodbok, chifferbok, ...
Thai:รหัสหนังสือ, หนังสือรหัสลับ, ...
Turkish:kod kitabı, şifre kitabı, ...
Vietnamese:bảng mã, sách mã hóa, ...

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