Meanings
Gold Code1
plural Gold Codes
- USA launch code for nuclear weapons, provided to the President of the United States.
Gold code2
plural Gold codes
- A kind of binary sequence used in telecommunications and satellite navigation, having bounded small cross-correlations within a set, useful when multiple devices are broadcasting in the same frequency range.
Synonyms: Gold sequence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of binary sequence used in telecommunications and satellite navigation, having bounded small cross-correlations within a set, useful when multiple devices are broadcasting in the same frequency range.
Origin
Named after Robert Gold.
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Gold Code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gold%20Code
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