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Meaning of coding

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

coding

verb

Definitions

  1. To write software programs.

    Example: I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

  2. To add codes to a dataset.

  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.

  4. To encode.

    Example: We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

verb

Definitions

  1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

noun

Definitions

  1. The process of encoding or decoding.

  2. The process of writing computer software code.

    Example: I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

  3. An encoding.

  4. A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.