May 15, 2003

codes

n.

[scientific computing] Programs. This usage is common in people who hack supercomputers and heavy-duty number-crunching, rare to unknown elsewhere (if you say codes to hackers outside scientific computing, their first association is likely to be and cyphers).

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:53 AM

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