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code

(astrophysical modeling computer program)

Astrophysics has a tradition of using the word code much as much as others would use the word program (i.e., computer program). (This usage of the word code is also seen in physics and in engineering fields using advanced physics.) In astrophysics, code can mean a computer program or computer subprogram (i.e., procedure or subroutine) or library of subprograms. This usage appears most often for computer programs that simulate or model physical processes, e.g., radiative transfer code for radiative transfer. Outside this astrophysical usage, code is commonly used as a mass noun, indicating the substance of a computer program, e.g., "I'm adding some code to my computer program this month", or "I wrote a computer program this month", but not "I wrote a code this month". In astrophysics usage, it is sometimes used in the latter manner, i.e., you can indeed speak of "a code" or "two codes".


(software)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_astrophysics#Software
http://ascl.net/

Referenced by pages:
adaptive refinement tree (ART)
AREPO
ARTEMIS
AstroBEAR
ATHENA
ATLAS Stellar Model
ATMO
atmospheric model
batman
BPASS
BSE
BT-Settl
Castro
ChaNGa
CLE
Cloudy
CMBFAST
Copernicus Complexio (COCO)
cosmological simulation
discontinuous Galerkin method
DustEM
dynesty
Enzo
EXOFAST
FIRE Simulations
FLASH
FORNAX
Gala
GalDNA
Gasoline
GERLUMPH
GR1D
GYRE
HERMIT
high resolution shock capture (HRSC)
iSALE
LA-COMPASS
MagIC
MATCH
MERCURY
MOCCA
NBODY
Phoenix
PHOENIX stellar model
PICASO
PLUTO Code
PROMETHEUS/VERTEX
Python
radiation hydrodynamics (RHD)
radiative transfer code (RT code)
radiative transfer model (RTM)
RAMSES
RASCALL
REBOUND
retrieval
RODEO
Romulus simulations
SIMBA
SpEC
stellar population synthesis code
stellar structure
SWMF
Sys-Rem
Tau-REx
TSUNAMI­
TYCHO
UCLCHEM
Vlasov-Poisson equation

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