Definition of Codebook

1. Noun. (cryptography) A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code. ¹

2. Noun. (computer science) A lookup table. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codebook

1. a book listing words and their coded equivalents [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codebook

code name
code names
code of behavior
code of conduct
code of practice
code page
code pages
code point
code points
code review
code reviews
code signing
codebase
codebases
codebook (current term)
codebooks
codebreaker
codebreakers
codebreaking
codebtor
codebtors
codec
codecarboxylase
codecs
coded
codeface
codefendant
codefendants
codeformational

Literary usage of Codebook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Costs in Workers Compensation: Interstate Comparisons: Minnesota by Greg Gifford (1990)
"The codebook documents the data provided for each claim including personal data, selected indemnity data and the data reflecting each bill submitted to ..."

2. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The analogy to a codebook arises because the same plaintext block always produces the ... Thus a list (or codebook) of plaintext blocks and corresponding ..."

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