You got me curious about this so I did a little looking around, and found the following: ------------------------------------------------------ <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/00-database-info?db=foldoc> Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - <http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=codes&ia=foldoc> Cite This Source - <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/codes#sharethis#sharethis> Share This codes 1. Programs. This usage is common among scientific computing people who use <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/supercumputers> supercumputers for heavy-duty <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/number%20crunching> number crunching. 2. Something to do with <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cryptography> cryptography. [ <http://dictionary.reference.com/go/http:/www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/> The Jargon File] (1994-10-28) The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/00-database-info?db=jargon> Jargon File - <http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=codes&ia=jargon> Cite This Source - <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/codes#sharethis#sharethis> Share This codes n. [scientific computing] Programs. This usage is common in people who hack supercomputers and heavy-duty <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/number-crunching> number-crunching, rare to unknown elsewhere (if you say "codes" to hackers outside scientific computing, their first association is likely to be "and cyphers"). Jargon File 4.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Citation: codes. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/codes> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/codes (accessed: March 31, 2008). It does not answer your question as to when or how it got started, but apparently it has been with us a while. -geoff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Forrest Sent: Montag, 31. März 2008 22:37 To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: [Beowulf] "Code" vs. "Codes" Sometime long ago I first heard the term "codes" used in the same way I would use the term "programs". For example, someone might have said "The codes from Berkeley were very tricky". The first time I heard this, I thought maybe this term came from someone who wasn't a native speaker of English, who was trying to pluralize the term "code". This often happens with words like "information" and "documentation". But, now I regularly hear native speakers of English using "codes" to mean "programs", especially in the scientific realm, such as what many of us deal with regularly. Does anybody know how this usage first came about? Cordially, -- Jon Forrest Research Computing Support College of Chemistry 173 Tan Hall University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-1460 510-643-1032 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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