worldcode
nounUK /ˈwɜːldkəʊd/
US /ˈwɝːldkoʊd/
A special set of secret rules that tells a computer how to work with the whole world.
The game uses a worldcode to decide where every tree and river goes.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A hidden pattern that explains how something big and complicated works.
Scientists are trying to find the worldcode behind weather changes.
3. A shared set of rules that many people or machines follow together.
The internet follows a worldcode so computers everywhere can talk.
4. A secret language used to describe a whole imaginary place.
The author wrote a worldcode for her fantasy kingdom.