Coder

Definition: Coder

Coder

Noun

1. A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.

Specialty Definition: Coder

Domain	Definition
Computing	A somewhat derogatory term for a programmer, with the implication that a coder is able only to write instructions from flowcharts prepared by someone else, while a programmer is also capable of preparing the flowcharts. Source: European Union. (references)
	A person who writes but does not usually design computer programs. Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	Device which accepts trains of pulses and transmits corresponding groups of coded pulses to a distant exchange. Source: European Union. (references)
Public Administration	Responsible for coding correspondence, creating subject heading for files and maintaining an index system for filing purposes. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Coder

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CODEC	English	COder - DECoder	Computer - Computer - (ATI)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Coder

Synonyms: computer programmer (n), programmer (n), software engineer (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Coder

English words defined with "coder": codefendant. (references)

Specialty definitions using "coder": hello world, hello, world ♦ Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group ♦ lossless audio compression ♦ Microserf ♦ Suzie COBOL. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Coder" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (cipher, encipher, scramble).

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Commercial Usage: Coder

Domain	Title
Books	1999 Surgical Cross Coder (reference) Being a Medical Information Coder (2nd Edition) (reference) Independent Medical Coding: The Comprehensive Guidebook for Career Success As a Medical Coder (reference) Laboratory Cross Coder, 2003 (reference) Procudural Cross Coder, 2003 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Pain Management Coding & Billing Answer Book With Pain Management Coder (reference) Easy Coder - Comprehensive Ed (reference) Anesthesia & Pain Practice Coder (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	Enterprise Modeling ManageIt SQL-Stat. Coder (reference) Unicenter SQL-Station 6.0.0 Coder (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Coder

"Coder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coder" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Coder

The following table summarizes the usage of "coder" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Coder	Last name	1,000	13,321
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Coder

Expression using "coder": graphics coder. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "coder": coder-decoder.
	Ending with "coder": inter-coder, utility-coder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Coder

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
medical coder	111	coder rn	13
coder	61	coder denver document position	12
canopus coder download pro	34	coder document houston position	12
rent a coder	34	coder document houston temps	12
certified professional coder	32	nokia coder	11
php coder	27	accu coder	10
coder.com rn	24	coder rt thin	10
medical coder salary	23	coder denver document temps	10
canopus coder manual pro	23	registered medical coder	9
abi coder	21	satellite coder	9
certified medical coder	21	mpeg coder	8
medical record coder	18	certified coder procedural	8
medical coder job	17	coder intel music	8
certified coder	16	coder mp3	6
canopus coder pro	15	medical coder certification	6
angeles coder document los position	14	carton coder	6
angeles coder document los temps	14	html coder	6
coder document houston job	14	coder php pro	5
coder denver document job	14	0 coder e mail pro v1	5
angeles coder document job los	13	b coder pro	5
biller coder medical	13	coder e mail	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Coder

Language		Translations for "coder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		编� �人. (various references)

Danish		codec (codec, coder-decoder), koder-dekoder (CODEC, coder-decoder), grafikkodningsenhed (graphics coder, graphics encoder). (various references)

Dutch		codeur voor grafische informatie (graphics coder, graphics encoder), coder/decoder (CODEC, coder-decoder). (various references)

Finnish		koodekki (codec, coder-decoder), grafiikkakooderi (graphics coder, graphics encoder), grafiikkakoodain (graphics coder, graphics encoder). (various references)

French		codeur-décodeur (codec, coder-decoder), codeur graphique (graphics coder), codec (codec, coder-decoder). (various references)

German		Codierer/Programmierer, Codierer (encoder). (various references)

Greek		κωδικευτής-αποκωδικευτής (CODEC, coder-decoder), κωδικοποιητής-αποκωδικοποιητής (codec, coder-decoder), κωδικοποιητής γραφικών (graphics coder, graphics encoder). (various references)

Hebrew		קו�"אי (encoder), צפן. (various references)

Hungarian		rejtjelezõ. (various references)

Italian		codificatore di grafici (graphics coder, graphics encoder). (various references)

Korean		�"�". (various references)

Pig Latin		odercay

Russian		кодировщик. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		šifrant (officer: cipher officer). (various references)

Spanish		descifrador (decoder). (various references)

Swedish		kodare-avkodare (codec, coder-decoder), grafikkodningsenhet (graphics coder, graphics encoder), grafikkodare (graphics coder, graphics encoder). (various references)

Turkish		kodlayan kimse, şifreleyen kimse. (various references)

Ukrainian		шифрувальник (cryptographer), кодер. (various references)

Vietnamese		người l� m công tác mật mã. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Coder

Derivations
	Words beginning with "coder": coderive, coderived, coderives, coderiving, coders. (additional references)
	Words ending with "coder": decoder, encoder, vocoder. (additional references)
	Words containing "coder": decoders, encoders, ostracoderm, ostracoderms, vocoders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Coder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cawder, cd, Cdre, ceder, cedere, Cmdre, cocer, Codar, codder, codec, codek, codeu, codor, coer, cooder, coodler, coser, coteer, coter, Couderc, coxer, cuder, cyder, docer, goder, joder, Koder, Kuder, noder, ocder, voder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Coder"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "coder" (pronounced kō"der)
4	k ō" d er	decoder.
3	-ō" d er	loader, odor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Coder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: cored, credo, decor.
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-o-r"
	-1 letter: cero, code, coed, cord, core, deco, doer, dore, redo, rode.
	-2 letters: cod, cor, doc, doe, dor, ode, orc, ore, rec, red, roc, rod, roe.
	-3 letters: de, do, ed, er, od, oe, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-o-r"
	+1 letter: chored, codder, coders, codger, colder, corded, corder, corked, corned, credos, crowed, decors, docker, forced, ochred, recode, record, redock, rocked, scored.
	+2 letters: becrowd, bedrock, brocade, caroled, caromed, choired, chorded, chowder, chromed, cloured, clowder, codders, coddler, codgers, codrive, codrove, coerced, cohered, colored, comrade, cordage, cordate, corders, cordite, cornfed, corrade, corrode, coursed, courted, covered, cowered, cowherd, croaked, crocked, crooked, crooned, cropped, crossed, crowded, crowder, crowdie, crowned, crunode, decoder, decolor, decorum, decoyer, decrown, deforce, defrock, divorce, dockers, dormice, dorneck, douceur, eductor, encoder, encored, ergodic, ericoid, frocked, ochered, percoid, precode, proceed, produce, recoded, recodes, records, redcoat, redocks, roached, scolder, scorned, scoured, scowder, sourced, torched, trocked, vocoder, zorched.
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