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- noun Plural form of
codename .
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Examples
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They are the so-called codenames that most likely belong to new HTC Android cell phones that have not been introduced yet.
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The Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of January will see a spate of announcements of netbooks using a new Intel platform codenamed Pine Trail, based on a new version of the Atom processor called Pineview (blame Intel, not me for these codenames.)
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The members of this small group called the Culper Ring used invisible ink, secret codenames George Washington's codename was "711", and were so good at keeping their secrets, we didn't even know about their existence until nearly 150 years later.
Brad Meltzer: The President's Greatest Secret Brad Meltzer 2011
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Established just under four years ago in Glasgow, Huntleys & Palmers – named not as a homage to the biscuit-makers, but after the codenames used for homosexuals and prostitutes in the 1957 Wolfenden report – are club promoters dealing in quality underground house music with a Latin or African street flavour.
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To keep the project secret, it gave codenames, a person familiar with the matter said.
Verizon Unwraps iPhone Shayndi Raice 2011
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The Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of January will see a spate of announcements of netbooks using a new Intel platform codenamed Pine Trail, based on a new version of the Atom processor called Pineview (blame Intel, not me for these codenames.)
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The members of this small group called the Culper Ring used invisible ink, secret codenames George Washington's codename was "711", and were so good at keeping their secrets, we didn't even know about their existence until nearly 150 years later.
Brad Meltzer: The President's Greatest Secret Brad Meltzer 2011
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-- The kid with the hood is Isaiah Crockett, who has heat-based powers and has fought crime under the codenames Joto (Swahili for “heat,” but an anti-gay slur in Spanish) and Hot Spot.
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FBI document shows old tricks – such as envelope exchanges, codenames and bag swaps – are still the best
Russian spy ring claim: indictment reveals the truth behind the cliches 2010
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Codename your releases – thoughts on the importance of giving software releases codenames.
Computing Posts From Across The Web Part II : KillerCodingNinjaBunny 2008
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