"code wheel" meaning in English

See code wheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-code wheel.wav Forms: code wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} code wheel (plural code wheels)
  1. A flat circular object consisting of concentric portions printed with codes or patterns that appear at certain positions as the wheel is rotated, used as a form of copy protection distributed with older video games. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-code_wheel-en-noun-sdiU8Z92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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