Editing Code name (section)

{{Short description|Clandestine term}}
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{{Intelligence}}A '''code name''', '''codename''', '''call sign''', or '''cryptonym''' is a [[Code word (figure of speech)|code word]] or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in [[industrial espionage|industrial counter-espionage]] to protect secret projects and the like from business rivals, or to give names to projects whose marketing name has not yet been determined. Another reason for the use of names and phrases in the military is that they transmit with a lower level of cumulative errors over a [[walkie-talkie]] or radio link than actual names.