coding
Americannoun
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of coding
First recorded in 1865–70 originally used for telegraphy; code + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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She says that thanks to AI, she is able to code for the first time in her life, and Zuckerberg, who was coding Facebook when she met him, is back coding again.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Anthropic is expected to post an operating profit of $559 million in the June quarter, thanks to its popular coding tools.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
In April, it announced a “personal superintelligence,” called Muse Spark, designed to answer complex questions including how to repair a broken appliance from a photo, perform coding and process social data across every platform.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
That changed with the release of hit products like its AI coding tool Claude Code, which became a viral hit across Silicon Valley and helped position Anthropic as a real competitor to OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Dimple laughed, realizing how intense she’d gotten, like she always did when she talked about coding or Jenny Lindt.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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