coding

code  (kd)

n.

1. A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.

2. A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code.

3.

a. A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.

b. A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.

4. A system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer; a computer program.

5. Genetics The genetic code.

6. Slang A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.

v. cod·ed, cod·ing, codes

v.tr.

1. To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.

2. To convert (a message, for example) into code.

v.intr.

1. Genetics To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide.

2. Computer Science To write or revise a computer program.

3. Slang To go into cardiac arrest.

---

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cdex, book; see codex.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

coding - act of writing in code or cipher steganography, cryptography, secret writing committal to writing, writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" encoding, encryption - the activity of converting data or information into code recoding - converting from one code to another decipherment, decoding, decryption - the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"