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- noun The process of
encoding ordecoding . - noun The process of writing computer
software code . - noun An encoding.
- noun A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
- verb Present participle of
code .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of writing in code or cipher
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** Need very experience PHP programmer … this is advanced coding and need have knowledge in OO coding**
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The uniqueness of a conscious intelligence source's ability to generate symbolic mappings within coding systems, where no such systems or mappings hitherto existed, is specific and distinguishes the claim from its alternatives.
A True Scientist 2010
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Michelle Kessler thinks coding is fun and still occasionally writes HTML by hand.
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I love the home key in coding, it gives me a small thinking break: P pdragonfly
Use Caps Lock For Hand-Friendly Text Navigation | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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All chemistry that would be required for the Fig. 7 pathway, not just coding, is already known to be within the repertoire of small RNAs.
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Using O'Malley parlance, the coding is obvious, an attempt to draw in Black support through original urban verb.
Charles D. Ellison: While We're on Having "Your Back," Mr. President ... Charles D. Ellison 2010
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Using O'Malley parlance, the coding is obvious, an attempt to draw in Black support through original urban verb.
Charles D. Ellison: While We're on Having "Your Back," Mr. President ... Charles D. Ellison 2010
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Bradford: The uniqueness of a conscious intelligence source's ability to generate symbolic mappings within coding systems, where no such systems or mappings hitherto existed, is specific and distinguishes the claim from its alternatives.
A True Scientist 2010
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Using O'Malley parlance, the coding is obvious, an attempt to draw in Black support through original urban verb.
Charles D. Ellison: While We're on Having "Your Back," Mr. President ... Charles D. Ellison 2010
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With a genome size of ~580 kb and approximately 480 protein coding regions, Mycoplasma genitalium is one of the smallest known self-replicating organisms and, additionally, has extremely fastidious nutrient requirements.
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Former OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy recently gave this practice a name—"vibe coding"—and it's gaining traction in tech circles.
Will the future of software development run on vibes? Benj Edwards 2025
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"Vibe coding is all fun and games until you have to vibe debug," developer Ben South noted wryly on X, highlighting this fundamental issue.
Will the future of software development run on vibes? Benj Edwards 2025
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Instead of being about control and precision, vibe coding is all about surrendering to the flow.
Will the future of software development run on vibes? Benj Edwards 2025
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On February 2, Karpathy introduced the term in a post on X, writing, "There's a new kind of coding I call 'vibe coding,' where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists."
Will the future of software development run on vibes? Benj Edwards 2025
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