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• present participle of code.

coding

American  

[koh-ding] / ˈkoʊ dɪŋ /

noun

• codings
  plural

1. Computers. the act or process of writing code, or the instructions for a program or piece of software.

   There’s a bit of coding left to do, and then we’ll be ready to beta-test.

   He likes to do the software design, but leaves the actual coding to others.

2. the act or process of expressing a message in words, images, sounds, or any other set of symbols or signs; encoding.

   The secret coding of ship messages hindered rescue efforts during the war.

   In advertising, the coding of your message can make or break your marketing strategy.

3. the act or process of categorizing or identifying a set of things by assigning a code to them.

   Using color coding along with the bin labels will increase the sorting productivity and accuracy of mail clerks.

4. Statistics. the act of transforming a random variable into one that is more convenient for certain types of analysis or for the removal of invalid data.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• codings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of coding

First recorded in 1865–70 originally used for telegraphy; code + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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coding codings

Anthropic, the OpenAI rival that bet everything on computer coding, is expected to go public within weeks in a listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record Wall Street debut in June.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In recent months DeepMind has seen the departures of a string of top researchers as the company’s flagship AI models have fallen behind those from Anthropic and OpenAI on capabilities such as coding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

He noted that "vibe coding" – making an app or website using AI rather than by coding it manually – was "all the rage".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“You know I stopped coding for a living in 1985,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence nonfunctional enzymes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Racial codings of social problems influence public attitudes through two basic processes.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2021

The Cricketer magazine’s 2018 fixtures wallchart has 21 different colour codings for different kinds of events, putting it way ahead of the London Underground map.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018

It’s because his observations, and hence his character codings and the trees that result from them, are regarded as wholly unreliable.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2012

As mentioned already, one huge problem with Dave’s analyses is that many of his character codings are derived from his application of the DGS technique.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2012

But, not all of Dave’s character codings are derived from DGS.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2012