Codesmith

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who produces code or codes, especially a computer programmer or a cryptographer.

    "Technoids get especially irritated. Though a few see him [Bill Gates] as the ultimate vindication of their breed, the rest maintain their sanity by considering him the Gladstone Gander of codesmiths, a guy who just happened to get a lucky break […]"

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"Technoids get especially irritated. Though a few see him [Bill Gates] as the ultimate vindication of their breed, the rest maintain their sanity by considering him the Gladstone Gander of codesmiths, a guy who just happened to get a lucky break […]"

Etymology

From code + smith.

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