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coding

coding

20 3.7
Writing instructions that tell a computer what to do
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : programación
  • You've done some serious coding on this thing, huh?
  • coding process
  • coding algorithm
  • coding skills

I'd learned to do some coding, and I wish I had.

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Examples

  • And I have, I've been fascinated by coding and coders for a very long time.

  • And I got into coding.

  • Should I be in my room working on product and coding all day, all night?

  • I teach coding to kids in France.

  • I should tell you that there was an error in the coding process.

  • Watch anyone give you a little coding demonstration.

  • What about that coding course you're doing, though?

  • Dustin, you share the coding work with me.

  • Heck, maybe you're even into coding or you're into tech, right?

  • In our technology class, students are learning about coding using Python and Java.

Synonyms

programming
vscoding
  • Specialized
112 3.3

Writing instructions for a computer to do tasks

focuses on writing those instructions specifically using formal computer languages
computer programming
vscoding
  • Specialized
5 2.9

To write instructions that tell a computer what to do

focuses on writing those instructions specifically using formal computer languages

Compounds

coding system
  • Specialized
2 3.7

A set of rules that uses signals to show letters and numbers for sending messages

A short, intensive course that teaches programming skills to prepare people for tech jobs

coding DNA
  • Specialized
5.2

Part of a gene's DNA that tells a cell how to make a protein

How Complex

programming
  • Specialized
112 3.3
coding
  • Specialized
20 3.7
scripting
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Surface Forms

coding singular
codings plural

Morphology

coding = code (transparent) = code + ing

Deverbal noun formed by '-ing' from the verb 'code' denoting the activity of programming; meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Coding comes from code (from Latin codex 'book'), where code came to mean a 'system of signs' or rules; that's why in computers coding is writing the set of instructions a computer can follow, like giving a machine a clear recipe.