I work at a supercomputer company, they've always referred to it thusly as codes. Consider it the same as humor versus humour in computing and don't read too m

I work at a supercomputer company, they've always referred to it thusly as codes. Consider it the same as humor versus humour in computing and don't read too much into it. It comes from a lot earlier time from what I can gather, probably the 60's or even earlier where codes were run on mainframes.