bio-code

Definitions

1. 1

   A biochemical signal or marker, especially one used for security purposes.

   • Security features now being incorporated by the company include bar codes, deliberate errors, special background designs, micro-printing, UV-recognition and the use of bio-codes.
   • The covert methods used to differentiate genuine products from fakes include special ink, bio-codes and bank-note-style design features recognizable to the legitimate drug manufacturers.
   • Someone will eventually figure out the secrets of Orson's vision. But no one will be able to reproduce it. He's made sure of that with the bio-codes and micro-bio-infusers.
2. 2

   A signal consisting of a biological action.

   • Muse willed the change, swallowing and carefully constricting the epiglottis in a series of timed bio-codes that had taken her a long time to master.
3. 3

   To mark using a bio-code.

   • A system marking fuel with a chemical (bio-coding) has been put in place as a way of reducing fuel smuggling into the country.
   • Kerosene is currently bio-coded and there are already penalties for such malpractices, but detecting the presence of kerosene in other oil products is difficult for the common person because it is colourless.
   • He could ensure the door remained closed; that bit was easy. It was bio-coded and would respond only to him, but there was no way to ensure that she wouldn't yell and scream.

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