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• PDL: /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/ 1. n. `Program Design Language'.
  Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless pseudo-languages in which {management} forces one to design programs....
• PDL /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/ 1. n. `Program Design Language'.
  Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless pseudo-languages in which management forces one to design programs....
• joe code /joh' kohd`/ n. 1. Code that is overly tense and unmaintainable.
  Perl may be a handy program, but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code....
• black art: n. A collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular application or systems area (compare {black magic}).
  VLSI design and compiler code optimization were (in their beginnings) considered classic examples of black a...
• black art n. [common] A collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular application or systems area (compare black magic).
  VLSI design and compiler code optimization were (in their beginnings) considered classic examples of black a...
• code monkey n 1. A person only capable of grinding out code, but unable to perform the higher-primate tasks of software architecture, analysis, and design.
  Mildly insulting. Often applied to the most junior people on a programming team....
• SMOP /S-M-O-P/ n. [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] 1.
  A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity....
• SMOP: /S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] n.
  1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity....
• code grinder n. 1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors.
  In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie....