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HSK
cipher; secret code / password; PIN
HSK 4
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code
HSK 4
dock / pier / wharf / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碼* | 碼* | *碼
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
HSK 7-9
bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
HSK 7-9
code
encoder
barcode
barcode
to code / to encode / code
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
to decode / to decipher
verification code / CAPTCHA, a type of challenge-response test (computing)
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
digital camera
size / fitting (of apparel)
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
page number
decoder
source code (computing)
speedometer / stopwatch / cyclocomputer / (computing) code table
postal code / zip code
theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
(Tw) (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
character code
to digitize
Unicode
cyberport
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
(coll.) numeral / counter; chip; token / (old) ready money; cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale)
source code (computing)
to pile up / to stack up
internal code
to increase bit by bit / repeated increments
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
decoder
price tag
machine code
code page
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (telecommunications)
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
standard weight (used on a balance scale)
cryptography
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码
Morse code
anticodon
I.D. number
(publishing industry) total cover price of all books in an edition
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼|国标码
variant of 砝碼|砝码
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
menial programmer (computing)
to scan a QR code or barcode
(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
yard line (sports)
to type (with a keyboard) / (coding theory) codeword
pixelated or censored (of video)
bitrate
source code (computing) (Tw)
(computing) transcoding / to convert (from one encoding to another)
(computing) mask
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
Morse code
identifier
12-yard (sports) / penalty kick
sample code (computing)
check digit
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
region code (DVD)
password protection
to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes
(computing) open-source
country code
combination lock
handheld barcode scanner
digital currency
variant of 身份證號碼|身份证号码 / I.D. number
tracking number (of a package shipment)
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
binary code / binary encoding
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
code segment
pseudocode
fax number
area code / telephone dialing code
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992

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