Coding
The process of writing instructions in a programming language to create software applications or control the behavior of a machine.
- The act of writing source code to develop software or solve computational problems.
- The process of breaking down information into a format that computers can understand and execute.
Etymology
The term "coding" dates back to the 1940s when early computer scientists began developing machine instructions for computational tasks.
Example Sentences
- She spends hours coding in Python to build her web app from scratch.
- In computer science, coding is both a technical skill and a form of creative expression.