coder

A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.

Noun

  1. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
  2. A person who assigns codes or classifications.
    • Others may be subjective ratings made by the coders who independently read the studies, such as sex stereotype of the job […] - 2007, Gerald J. Miller, Kaifeng Yang, Handbook of Research Methods in Public...
  3. A programmer (computer programmer).
    • Part of the series' goal was to change how coders are perceived -- and show the community that it offers. - 2016 May 7, Sara Ashley O'Brien, “Girls Who Code taps four teen girls for YouTube series”, in CNN Business,...
    • Reshma Saujani is not a coder but she's empowering "an army of young women" to take on tech's gender gap through her nonprofit Girls Who Code. - 2017 August 21, Haley Draznin, “Girls Who Code founder: Men build...

    Synonyms: code monkey

Origin

Etymology tree English code Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coder From code + -er.

Forms

coders

Derived

barcoder codec democoder intercoder intracoder noncoder