Etymology

From code +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#CODING.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊdɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CODINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CODING

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊdɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CODINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CODING

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Noun

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)Category:English lemmas#CODINGCategory:English nouns#CODINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#CODINGCategory:English countable nouns#CODINGCategory:English countable nouns#CODINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODINGCategory:Pages with entries#CODINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CODING

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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CODING

   • 2024 November 29, Joshua Stylman, How Engineered Dependency Erases Our Autonomy‎:

     I spent decades as a knowledge worker in technology, precisely where society wanted me—in front of screens, building digital products, becoming the very kind of specialist I’m now critiquing. Like many of my generation, I learned some simple coding before I learned to fix a leaky faucet or [to] grow my own food. I still love technology and believe in its potential to automate mundane tasks, freeing us to pursue higher forms of creativity and connection—but this promise rings hollow if we sacrifice our fundamental capabilities in the process.

     Category:English terms with quotations#CODING

4. (emergency medicineCategory:en:Emergency medicine#CODING) 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. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#CODING) A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter
7. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#CODING) Ellipsis of number codingCategory:English ellipses#CODING.

Verb

codingCategory:English non-lemma forms#CODINGCategory:English verb forms#CODINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODINGCategory:Pages with entries#CODINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CODING

1. present participle and gerund of code

Adjective

coding (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CODINGCategory:English adjectives#CODINGCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#CODINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODINGCategory:Pages with entries#CODINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CODING

1. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#CODING) Applied to vehicles when they are under number coding.

   My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.Category:English terms with usage examples#CODING