different between coding vs conversion

English

Noun

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

1. The process of encoding or decoding.
2. An encoding.
3. The process of writing computer software code.

   I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

4. (emergency medicine) A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
5. An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.

Translations

Verb

coding

1. present participle of code

Derived terms

• hard-coding

English

Etymology

From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversi?, from convert?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?v???(?)n/, /-?(?)n/
• (US) enPR: k?n-vûr?zh?n, IPA^(key): /k?n?v???n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??n, -??(?)??n
• Hyphenation: con?ver?sion

Noun

conversion (countable and uncountable, plural conversions)

1. The act of converting something or someone.
2. (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
   • 1988, Crash (issue 59, December 1988)

     Mike Follin […] also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions Bubble Bobble (90%, Issue 45) and Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53).

3. (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
4. (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
5. (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
6. (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
7. (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.

   • Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods.

9. (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.

   Hyponyms: anthimeria, shift, shifting

10. (obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
11. (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
12. (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.

Antonyms

• deconversion

Hyponyms

• type conversion

Derived terms

Related terms

• convert

Translations

See also

• penalty

French

Etymology

From Latin conversi?, from convert?.

Pronunciation

Noun

conversion f (plural conversions)

1. conversion

Related terms

• convertir

Further reading

• “conversion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• convierons