Molecular Biology
Codon
A sequence of three nucleotides that codes for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis. The genetic code uses 64 codons to specify 20 amino acids plus stop signals.
Biological Context
Codons are the words of the genetic language. Most amino acids have multiple codons (redundancy). The genetic code is nearly universal across all life—evidence of common ancestry.
Business Application
Business codons: the standardized units that encode organizational instructions. Job codes, product SKUs, and process identifiers are business codons.