Definitions

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  • noun A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
  • noun computing A programmer.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

Etymologies

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code +‎ -er

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Examples

  • I am looking for a long term coder to work on various projects for oscommerce, creloaded, zencart etc

    GetAFreelancer.com - New Projects 2009

  • Allen Coding Systems has released the 53LTi thermal transfer coder, which is available from Advanced Labelling Systems (ALS) and will be demonstrated at the PPMA show.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2009

  • I've been a 'coder' since forever, and much prefer the power and control possible when you roll your sleeves up and write code.

    Whatever happened to inductive learning? Clive Shepherd 2008

  • Woah wait a second, you say you are a 'coder' with no formal training but you can pump out code that you have been 'taught' is the best way of doing it and you find alot of fault in others work just because they dont use MVC/smarty etc?

    Planet Terasi 2010

  • It propagates all the opinion designers already have - design something without knowing the dimensions and make a "coder" do the work to get the design up there.

    WorthWorkingFor Mubashar Iqbal 2009

  • So do I need to be a "coder" in order to be a developer?

    alex hillman writes here 2008

  • Debra turned out to inhabit a subterranean lair with two delightful children and a scientist husband (and, incidentally, gives the phrase "bedroom coder" new meaning), so we had a lot in common.

    Weblogs Maxine 2009

  • Debra turned out to inhabit a subterranean lair with two delightful children and a scientist husband (and, incidentally, gives the phrase "bedroom coder" new meaning), so we had a lot in common.

    A post inspired by Kerrie Maxine 2009

  • SecureWorks senior researcher Joe Stewart is the latest good-guy coder to downplay the significance of millions of Conficker-infected PCs calling home on April 1.

    Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive 2009

  • Debra turned out to inhabit a subterranean lair with two delightful children and a scientist husband (and, incidentally, gives the phrase "bedroom coder" new meaning), so we had a lot in common.

    A post inspired by Kerrie Maxine 2009

  • With the arrival in the early 1950s of program compilers—a technology and term invented by a woman—the workers became “coders,” a word reflecting a persistent misunderstanding of programming as something mechanistic, practically stenographic. 

    Why can’t tech fix its gender problem? Margaret O’Mara 2022

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