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HSK
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
cipher; secret code / password; PIN
HSK 4
number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code
HSK 4
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *码* | 码* | *码
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
to code / to encode / code
source code (computing)
page number
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
size / fitting (of apparel)
barcode
to decode / to decipher
internal code
standard weight (used on a balance scale)
barcode
theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
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
character code
area code / telephone dialing code
price tag
complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
to scan a QR code or barcode
unpixelated or uncensored (of video)
verification code / CAPTCHA, a type of challenge-response test (computing)
postal code / zip code
pixelated or censored (of video)
sample code (computing)
(computing) transcoding / to convert (from one encoding to another)
I.D. number
(computing) mask
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
fax number
(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
identifier
binary code / binary encoding
Morse code
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
source code (computing)
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
region code (DVD)
12-yard (sports) / penalty kick
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
Morse code
source code (computing) (Tw)
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
common coding for components of Chinese character / same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码
malicious code (e.g. virus) / malware
Morse code
source code (computing)
unified social credit identifier, the VAT identification number of a business or organization
Morse code
(Tw) (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
pseudocode
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
country code
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼|国标码
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码
Punycode (encoding for internationalized domain names) (abbr. for 國際化域名編碼|国际化域名编码)
genetic code
subnet mask (computing)
to increase bit by bit / repeated increments
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to the customer’s cloud account
to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes
Manchester encoding
check digit
machine code
variant of 砝碼|砝码
code
Unicode
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
variant of 身份證號碼|身份证号码 / I.D. number
tracking number (of a package shipment)
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码)
PRC postcode, e.g. 361000 for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
repeated code / coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding)
(computing) open-source
area code / telephone dialing code


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