"codebook" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-codebook.wav Forms: codebooks [plural]
Etymology: From code + book. Etymology templates: {{af|en|code|book}} code + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} codebook (plural codebooks)
  1. (cryptography) A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code. Categories (topical): Cryptography Translations (cryptography: mapping between plaintext and code): salakirjoitusavain (Finnish), koodikirja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-codebook-en-noun-XymoDjOW Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'cryptography: mapping between plaintext and code': 75 25
  2. (computer science) A lookup table. Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-codebook-en-noun-FuERXtBU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

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