CODING
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Definition
verb
- To write software programs.“I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.”
- To add codes to a dataset.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- To encode.“We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.”
- To encode a protein.
verb
- Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
noun
- The process of encoding or decoding.
- The process of writing computer software code.“I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.”
- An encoding.
- A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
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