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Grunge /gruhnj/ N. 1. That Which Is Grungy, Or That Which Makes It So.
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grunge /gruhnj/ n.
1. That which is grungy, or that which
makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to
changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North
America is dead code.
Related:
grunge: /gruhnj/ n. 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program....
dead code: n. Routines that can never be accessed because all calls to them have been removed
or code that cannot be reached because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere else....
dead code n. Routines that can never be accessed because all calls to them have been removed
or code that cannot be reached because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere else....
zigamorph /zig'*-morf/ n. 1. Hex FF (11111111) when used as a delimiter or fence character.
Usage: primarily at IBM shops. 2. [proposed] n....
patch 1. n. A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.
A patch may or may not work, and may or may not eventually be incorporated permanently into the program....
crock n. [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] 1.
An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner....
crock: [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] n.
1. An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner....
English 1. n. obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler.
The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favorite programming language is at least as readable as English....
English: 1. n.,obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler.
The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favorite programming language is at least as readable as English....