codes are made meaningful by their context

Secondly, codes are made meaningful by their context.We can't fully interpret or decipher a code until we see how it relates to other signs and symbols.Look at these two intersecting lines.Without any context, things around the code to help you understand or make meaning from it,it's hard to know exactly what these lines represent.They could be a cross, symbolizing religion,an add sign, symbolizing a mathematical concept,the letter T from the alphabet,or they could just be two lines intersecting.