# coding

Pronunciation: say "KOH-ding" US /koʊdɪŋ/, UK /kəʊdɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The activity of writing the instructions, or code, that make computer software work.
   - Simple: The work of writing instructions that tell a computer what to do.
   - _He spent years improving his coding before landing a job at a tech firm._
   - _Modern coding often involves collaborating with teams around the world._
2. The process of turning information into a coded form, or turning coded information back into its original form.
   - Simple: The work of changing information into a secret or special form, or changing it back.
   - _The coding of the signal lets it travel over noisy channels without errors._
   - _Audio compression relies on coding that removes sounds the ear cannot detect._
3. A particular scheme by which information is represented in code; an encoding.
   - Simple: A set way of turning information into a coded form.
   - _Each language uses a different coding to represent text as bytes._
   - _Engineers chose a coding that packs the data into fewer bits._
5. A system hospital staff use to pass urgent medical information quickly and discreetly among professionals and responders.
   - Simple: A way for hospital staff to share urgent medical news quickly and quietly using short signals.
   - _Staff rely on coding to summon a response team while keeping nearby patients calm._
   - _Clear coding ensures every responder knows exactly what equipment to bring._
6. An alternative therapy for addiction that uses hypnosis, placebos, or similar means to convince patients that using the substance again will harm or kill them.
   - Simple: A treatment that tries to stop an addiction by making the person believe the drug will hurt or kill them.
   - _She underwent coding at a clinic that promised to cure her dependency through hypnosis._
   - _Critics argue coding relies more on fear than on proven medicine._
7. A morphism that maps each individual letter to a single letter (1-uniform) and is injective, so no two letters map to the same image.
   - Simple: In math, a rule that turns each letter into one other letter, with no two letters sharing the same result.
   - _Applying a coding to a word replaces each symbol while keeping the word's length unchanged._
   - _Because a coding is injective, the original word can always be recovered from its image._
8. Ellipsis of number coding. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: Short form of number coding. It means the rule that bans some cars from the road on set days.
   - _Commuters plan their week around coding to avoid hefty fines._
   - _Coding keeps a portion of the city's cars off the road each weekday._

## Verb

4. Present participle and gerund of code. — present participle and gerund of code
   - Simple: Present participle of code. Use this form for something happening now, often after a form of "be."
   - _He is coding the login screen this week._
   - _Coding without tests often leads to bugs later._

## Adjective

9. Of a vehicle, barred from public roads on a particular day under the number coding scheme. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: Banned from the road on a given day under the car number rule.
   - _Since the sedan is coding tomorrow, she arranged a carpool._
   - _Drivers check whether their vehicle is coding before planning long trips._

## Origin

Formed in English from "code" plus the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/coding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).