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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>code</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cobweb-site.html" title="cobweb site"/><link rel="next" href="code-grinder.html" title="code grinder"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">code</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cobweb-site.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="code-grinder.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="code"/><dt xmlns="" id="code"><b>code</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The stuff that software
writers write, either in source form or after translation by a compiler or
assembler. Often used in opposition to &#8220;<span class="quote">data</span>&#8221;, which is the
stuff that code operates on. Among hackers this is a mass noun, as in
&#8220;<span class="quote">How much code does it take to do a <a href="../B/bubble-sort.html"><i class="glossterm">bubble
sort</i></a>?</span>&#8221;, or &#8220;<span class="quote">The code is loaded at the high end of
RAM.</span>&#8221; Among scientific programmers it is sometimes a count noun
equilvalent to &#8220;<span class="quote">program</span>&#8221;; thus they may speak of
&#8220;<span class="quote">codes</span>&#8221; in the plural. Anyone referring to software as
&#8220;<span class="quote">the software codes</span>&#8221; is probably a
<a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a> or a <a href="../S/suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To write code. In this
sense, always refers to source code rather than compiled. &#8220;<span class="quote">I coded
an Emacs clone in two hours!</span>&#8221; This verb is a bit of a cultural
marker associated with the Unix and minicomputer traditions (and lately
Linux); people within that culture prefer v. &#8216;code&#8217; to
v. &#8216;program&#8217; whereas outside it the reverse is normally
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