coding

English

Noun

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

1. The process of encoding or decoding.
2. An encoding.
3. The process of writing computer software code.

   Synonym: computer programming

   I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

4. (emergency medicine) A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
5. An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
6. (mathematics) A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter

Derived terms

• coding theory
• double coding
• dual-coding theory
• Huffman coding
• live coding
• Manchester coding
• non-coding DNA
• non-coding RNA
• predictive coding
• prefix coding

 

Translations

process of encoding or decoding

• Azerbaijani: kodlaşdırma
• Bulgarian: коди́ране (bg) n (kodírane)
• Finnish: koodaus
• German: Programmierung (de) f
• Italian: codifica (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kodkarî f, kodkirin (ku) f

• Polish: kodowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: codificação (pt) f
• Romanian: codare-decodare, codificare-decodificare

process of writing computer software code

• Azerbaijani: kodlaşdırma
• Bulgarian: коди́ране (bg) n (kodírane), програми́ране n (programírane)
• Finnish: koodaus
• Italian: programmazione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kodkarî f, kodnivîsîn f

• Polish: programowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: programação (pt) f

type of morphism

• French: morphisme de codage

encoding — see encoding

Verb

coding

1. present participle and gerund of code

Derived terms

• hard-coding