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noun

coding

act of writing in code or cipher

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Six example sentences with coding, each labelled with its topic.

  • Wartime clerks handled the coding of every dispatch, turning plain orders into letter groups the enemy could not read.

    History

  • Poe's stories made the coding of secret letters fashionable, and readers mailed him ciphers hoping to stump him.

    Literature

  • The puzzle rewards players who understand the coding of the temple inscriptions, where each symbol stands for a different letter.

    Gaming

  • The spy film spends ten minutes on the coding of a single message, letter by letter on a pocket cipher wheel.

    Movies

  • Embassy staff handled the coding of every cable to the capital, so a stolen telegram read as a page of numbers.

    Politics

  • Antique dealers use a private coding for price tags, replacing digits with letters so buyers cannot read the cost.

    Business

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