CODING

cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography

(noun) act of writing in code or cipher

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

The process of encoding or decoding.

The process of writing computer software code.

An encoding.

(emergency medicine) 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.

Verb

coding

present participle of code

Source: Wiktionary

CODE

Code, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or

1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence. "The Code" Wharton.

2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. Code civil or Code Napoleon, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition