Codings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of creating algorithms and scripts to develop software applications or systems
2. The practice of translating requirements into a programming language that a computer can execute
3. The act of authoring instructions or code to facilitate tasks and automate functions in technology

Etymology: "Codings" is simply the plural of "coding," which names the act of writing computer programs. The root "code" came into English from Old French "code," itself borrowed from Latin "codex," a block of wooden tablets or a book, and the word's older sense of a body of laws shaped how it was later applied to instructions for machines. The suffix "-ing" turns "code" into a noun for the activity, so "coding" literally means the practice of producing code.

Synonyms: encodings, scripts, programs, notations, symbols