3 ms·Why do some people call programs "codes"? I hear this a lot from mathematicians and physicists.by greydius 10y agoWhy do some people call programs "codes"? I hear this a lot from mathematicians and physicists.jhbadger 10y agoBecause the act of writing a program is known as "coding".greydius 10y agoI always thought it was "programming".stedalus 10y agoI was once a physicist and I never understood it either. Maybe because a lot of software they produce is a blob of code?