coder
Americannoun
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a person or device that translates information into a code.
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a person who assigns codes to objects or data.
Medical coders assign standard codes to medical services so that insurance companies can pay claims.
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Computers. a person who writes computer code; a programmer.
noun
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a person or thing that codes
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electronics a device for transforming normal signals into a coded form
Etymology
Origin of coder
First recorded in 1925–30; code ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“AI is now a general intelligence that improves at the very tasks humans would redeploy to. Displaced coders cannot simply move to ‘AI management’ because AI is already capable of that,” says the Citrini report.
From MarketWatch
Some of the urgency can be traced to the rapid advancement of AI capabilities, which has surprised some of the most seasoned researchers and coders.
It’s already starting to replace some low-level coders.
From MarketWatch
At first, the company used an outside coder, but back-and-forth requests were a hassle.
From Barron's
Micro1 recruits and manages thousands of human experts — coders, lawyers, doctors, professors and financial analysts — to gather expert information that is fed to AI models like ChatGPT.
From Los Angeles Times
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