coding

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present participle of

to represent a message in a system of letters, symbols, or signs, usually so that it can only be understood by the person who is meant to receive it:

The original signal is coded by the scrambler before transmission, and reconstituted into its original form by the receiver.

to write computer programs (= instructions) using a computer language:

My third grade daughter loves learning to code with MIT's amazing (and free) software.

I have been learning to code programs.

to mark something, for example with letters, numbers, a name, or a colour, so that you know what type of thing it is:

To avoid bias in the laboratory, the samples were coded with numbers rather than names of individuals.

be coded as sth Each transaction was coded as a food or drink sale or designated as a tip.

to describe or represent someone or something as having the qualities associated with a particular type of person or thing, so that they are understood to be that type of person or thing although this is not directly stated:

be coded as sb/sth A character might be coded as gay through the use of traits and stereotypes recognizable to the audience.

Skirts and dresses are coded as feminine in our society.

to be the genetic code (= the arrangement of genetic material) that produces a particular substance in the body or a particular characteristic:

code for In tomato plants, there is a gene that codes for stem colour.

A single amino acid may be coded for by more than one codon.

ACC1 and ACC2 are coded by two different genes, so the researchers were able to isolate the enzymes.