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Programming vs Coding - What's the difference?

programming | coding |

As verbs the difference between programming and coding

is that programming is present participle of lang=en while coding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between programming and coding

is that programming is the designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme while coding is the process of encoding or decoding.

programming

English

Verb

(head)
  • I was programming a new module for the software package.
    He was programming the VCR.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme
  • "The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again."
  • brain-washing
  • (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
  • "Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need."
  • The software that controls a machine, or the logic or expressed in such software; operating instructions
  • A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.

    Derived terms

    * broadcast programming * computer programming * defensive programming * dynamic programming * evolutionary programming * functional programming * extreme programming * genetic programming * linear programming * logic programming * mathematical programming * programming language * radio programming * television programming

    See also

    *

    coding

    English

    Noun

  • The process of encoding or decoding.
  • The process of writing computer software code.
  • I spent all night on the coding , but the program was ready by morning.
  • 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

    (head)