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1.verbTo write software programs."I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s."
2.verbTo add codes to a dataset.
3.verbTo categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4.verbTo encode."We should code the messages we send out on Usenet."
5.verbTo encode a protein.
6.verbTo call a hospital emergency code."coding in the CT scanner"
7.verbOf a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
8.nounThe process of encoding or decoding.
9.nounThe process of writing computer software code."I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning."
10.nounAn encoding.
11.nounA method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
12.nounAn 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.