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live coding

live coding noun: a performing art based on the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way, for example to create audiovisual effects.

Noun

live coding (uncountable)

  1. A performing art based on the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way, for example to create audiovisual effects.
    • Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia

Questions about live coding

What does live coding mean?
Live coding means a performing art based on the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way, for example to create audiovisual effects.
What part of speech is live coding?
Live coding is a noun.

Words near live coding in the dictionary

  1. live boxes
  2. live by bread alone
  3. live by the sword, die by the sword
  4. live CD
  5. live CDs
  6. live coding
  7. live conductor
  8. live conductors
  9. live dangerously
  10. live dough
  11. live down

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