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codebase

codebase

3 4.4
All the code and files for a software project
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊdbeɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : código fuente
  • "The benefit is that we're always extending and refining a single codebase," Burt notes.

Examples

  • Mutation-free code is generally easier to reason about, making interactions and dependencies between different parts of your codebase explicit and easier to manage.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our team is responsible for maintaining the codebase and ensuring that all updates are properly documented.

  • For now, the developers will still be responsible for the codebase.

    Blog text (34)
  • There is an ongoing effort to convert the codebase to C++/Gtkmm.

    Blog text (26)
  • Opening up codebases is the best thing that can ever happen to improve hardware and software security.

    Blog text (2)
  • The product is deployed on its own codebase separate from the WorldShare platform.

    Academic text (2018)
  • You're already working on a codebase of millions of lines as soon as you start a new Java project.

    Blog text (30)
  • To that end, we rewrote the codebase and streamlined the user interface.

    Blog text (26)
  • I would think you could even heavily leverage the codebase from CF Builder to do so.

    Blog text (4)
  • Google has done exactly that—provided the codebase to anyone who wants to use it for their own purpose.

    Blog text (19)

How Large

platform
  • Specialized
278 4.9
codebase
  • Specialized
3 4.4
framework
175 4.2
library
  • Specialized
77 4.9
module
101 3.7
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6

Surface Forms

codebase singular
codebases plural

Morphology

codebase = code + base (transparent) = code + base

The meaning is directly the 'base' or repository of 'code' and can be inferred from the component words by learners familiar with computing.

Etymology

The word codebase joins code ('instructions for a computer') and base ('foundation' or 'home'), so it means the main place or foundation where a project's instructions and files live.