undercode

Meanings

Noun

• A subtext; ideas or information that are assumed or implied but not explicitly coded.
• A secret message included in another message or stream of data.
• A code (which represents a datum) that is grouped with other codes into a final encoding.

Verb

• To communicate using codes that do not convey the entire message, but which rely on the recipient's construction of meaning through connotation or subtexts.
• To use or convey (a message) in a way that requires the recipient to construct part of the meaning.
• To communicate (information) indirectly, by means of an undercode.
• To encode a secret message that is masked by a surface message or stream of data.
• To represent by a code that indicates a lower level of service than what was provided.
• To use fewer codes than are needed to fully describe something.

Origin

• under- + code