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  • noun A form of creative writing in which the text is mixed with code from various computer languages.

Etymologies

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code +‎ work, coined by Alan Sondheim.

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Examples

  • A virtuoso programmer can perform a dazzling cadenza of insightful codework and leap into the lead before a large and appreciative audience.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Hacking MATLAB for glory 2003

  • Our gathering will also embrace all the related cultural practices that continue to be addressed by scholars and artists in our growing field: expressive processing, computational art, artificial cognition and intelligence, aesthetic gaming, information art, codework, digitally mediated performance, network & media art

    Electronic Literature Organization 2009

  • the design and experience of non-informational spaces digital art, codework, literature, games etc.

    DAC 2005, cfp Torill 2005

  • the design and experience of non-informational spaces digital art, codework, literature, games etc.

    Archive 2005-07-01 Torill 2005

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  • If a programmer's heavy load irk

    Then might he insert some codework.

    You must look with care

    To see if it's there

    Else never discern an ode lurk.

    October 18, 2015