What is "coda"

Coda \Co"da\ (k[=o]"d[.a]), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

"concluding passage in a musical composition," 1753, from Latin cauda "tail of an animal."

alt. A person born hearing to deaf parents. n. A person born hearing to deaf parents.

n. the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale]

Coda can denote any concluding event, summation, or section.

Coda may also refer to:

Coda is the ninth and final studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1982. The album is a collection of unused tracks from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's twelve-year career. It was released two years after the group had officially disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham. The word coda, meaning a passage that ends a musical piece following the main body, was therefore chosen as the title.

Coda (Constant Data Availability) is a distributed file system developed as a research project at Carnegie Mellon University since 1987 under the direction of Mahadev Satyanarayanan. It descended directly from an older version of Andrew File System (AFS-2) and offers many similar features. The InterMezzo file system was inspired by Coda. Coda is still under development, but there has not been any activities on their website since February 2011. Though there are claims that the focus shifted from research to creating a robust product for commercial use, but activities about the system in linux system kernel is rather low.

Coda ( Italian for "tail", plural code) is a term used in music primarily to designate a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end. Technically, it is an expanded cadence. It may be as simple as a few measures, or as complex as an entire section.

Coda is a Rock en Español band from Mexico, formed in 1989. The band had much of success in the early 1990s, releasing four albums. In the late 1990s, the band had several line-up changes; the band disbanded in 2000, but resurfaced in 2002 with a new line-up.

The Coda is a group of fictional female warriors in Wildstorm comics. The Coda first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and were created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee.

CODA plc is a mid-sized international financial software company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979, it was purchased in 2008 by Unit4, a supplier of Enterprise Software, based in the Netherlands. CODA creates, markets and implements a range of business software systems designed specifically to meet the needs of Finance Directors and Finance Departments. These include:

• financial management systems like accounting software and procurement software:
• financial analysis applications like reporting, consolidation and planning and budgeting systems;
• financial control systems, like process management and control software for compliance with legislation like Sarbanes Oxley.

__NOTOC__ "Coda" is the 57th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th episode of the third season.

Coda is a commercial and proprietary web development application for OS X, developed by Panic. It was released on April 23, 2007 and won the 2007 Apple Design Award for Best User Experience. Coda version 2.0 was released on 24 May 2012, along with an iPad version called Diet Coda. Although formerly available on the Mac App Store, it was announced on May 14, 2014 that the update to Coda 2.5 would not be available in the Mac App Store due to sandboxing restrictions.

Coda is a code-breaking board game for two to four players, invented by Eiji Wakasugi. The objective is to guess the code of other players while preventing the discovery of your own code. The game has been marketed under the titles Da Vinci Code and Da Vinci Code The Game. In spite of this, it has no connection to the novel The Da Vinci Code.

CODA was a Canadian magazine devoted to covering all things related to jazz. The magazine produced 6 publications a year on a bi-monthly basis. Founded in 1958 by publisher and record producer John Norris, the magazine contains reviews and articles about current jazz artists on the international scene, as well as articles on jazz recordings, jazz books, and other topics related to jazz. In 1976 Norris was succeeded by saxophonist Bill Smith.

Coda is a 1987 Australian thriller directed by Craig Lahiff who described it as "very much a telefilm. I suppose it's very Hitchcocky - and de Palma inspired." It was the first of three films Lahiff had arranged finance for which were made in succession.

It was shot on location at Flinders University on 16mm and features women in all the lead roles.

The Coda is a four-door, four passenger electric car once manufactured by Coda Automotive. After being re-scheduled several times, deliveries to retail customers in the United States began in March 2012. The car was sold exclusively in California and only 117 units were delivered by April 2013.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Coda's 31 kWh lithium ion iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery system delivers a range of . EPA's rated the Coda's combined fuel economy at 73 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent .

The Coda adapted the body of the existing Hafei Saibao III, modifying the front and rear fascias. This variant is produced by Hafei and sold in China as the Saibao Electric Motor Car or Hafei Saibao EV.

Coda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrea Coda (born 1985), Italian football (soccer) player
• John Coda, American composer with a focus on film music and television scoring
• Benedetto Coda (died 1535), Italian painter of the Renaissance
• Risa Coda (born 1985), Japanese award-winning former model and adult video (AV) actress
• Massimo Coda (born 1988), Italian footballer
• Gakuto Coda (born 1977), Japanese light novelist
• Cub Koda (1948-2000), American rock and roll singer, guitarist, songwriter

"Coda" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the fifth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on November 30, 2014. The episode marks Lennie James's second uncredited post-credits appearance in the fifth season as Morgan Jones. The episode was written by Angela Kang and directed by Ernest Dickerson.

The episode primarily takes place in and around Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where Beth Greene finds herself as Dawn Lerner's ward, discovering her past and finding herself endangered by Officer O'Donnell. Meanwhile, Rick Grimes hunts down Officer Lamson, who has escaped. Father Gabriel Stokes also finds himself chased by walkers as Michonne and Carl Grimes reunite with the returning group, including Beth's sister Maggie Greene, who is informed of her sister's whereabouts. Rick and the others then attempt to arrange a hostage exchange for Beth.

The term " coda" is a musical term which refers to a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure. The episode title refers to Beth, the only character associated with music. The episode received mixed reviews from television commentators, with many praising aspects such as the opening, but others commenting that the climax is nonsensical or underwhelming. Others praised the performances of Norman Reedus, and Lauren Cohan, as well as the direction of Ernest Dickerson.

Coda is a 1994 novel by Australian author Thea Astley.