coded
Word family
Synonym discussion
Sense: verb/2
For software work, these verbs overlap but they are not interchangeable in every situation. Code focuses on the act of writing the actual instructions line by line, so it fits naturally when someone coded a page, feature, or app. Program is slightly broader and can describe telling a machine, robot, or system what to do, not just writing website or app code. Script usually points to a smaller text-based automation, such as a backup script or a login script, rather than a full product. Develop is the broadest word of all: a team can develop an app even when some members design, test, or manage rather than write code. If Henry coded the login page, he wrote the instructions himself; if the team developed the platform, they built the whole product together.
Common collocations
Etymology
Coded comes from the verb code. English borrowed code from French, and the word goes back to Latin codex, which first meant a block of wood and later a bound set of laws or written rules. From that legal sense, English widened the word to mean an organized system of signs, symbols, or instructions. Coded first worked as the past form of the verb, then also became an adjective for messages hidden in symbols, indirect social signals, and, in modern science, information fixed in DNA.
First known use
14th century
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb