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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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Other Word Forms

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

Meta’s AI capabilities are getting a boost with Thursday’s launch of Muse Spark 1.1, an agentic coding model comparable to leading industry benchmarks from OpenAI and Anthropic.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

At the Yale Hacker House and TekTrek, young founders are spending their days in a blur of coding and networking—including meetings with investors and executives to pitch their ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The early and intense AI adopters spent more than $100 per month per employee on AI and had their employees using advanced AI, such as coding subscriptions, as opposed to simple ChatGPT subscriptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

"This kind of predictive coding is something we associate with being awake and attentive, yet it's happening here in an unconscious state," said Dr. Benjamin Hayden, professor of neurosurgery at Baylor.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

The researchers looked at the coding of the data.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

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

From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2012

Remember that this affects all of his work, since his character codings, and hence his phylogenetic hypotheses, are heavily dependent on information gleaned from DGS.

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