Code
Code noun - A collection or system of rules of conduct.
Number
Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A clone's first name is the last name of his or her sponsor, which is followed by a number and code for a letter (the protagonist is "Lincoln 6 Echo") to denote what "series" of clones they're from.
Source: You Are Number 6 -
However, Mark Turmell also confirmed there is a small number of collector's editions of the original game with MJ's code intact.
Source: Video Game / NBA Jam -
Dover Cheetah: A programmer so geeky his Speech Bubbles actually appear in code (though after he had been in the strip for a number of years he learned to talk normally).
Source: Webcomic / The Suburban Jungle
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