codeword
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• noun
A word or phrase used to convey a secret meaning, confirm a person's identity, or refer to a confidential project or concept without naming it directly.
"The organizers chose a simple codeword so that only invited guests could enter the private reception."
A word or expression used euphemistically or indirectly in public discourse to allude to a sensitive or controversial topic.
"In the corporate restructuring memo, 'efficiency' quickly became a codeword for budget cuts."
In computing and telecommunications, an element of a standardized code or data protocol consisting of a sequence of bits or symbols.
"The error-correcting algorithm appends parity bits to each codeword before transmission."
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