cruft
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9.5
- noun
- /krʌft/
- Specialized
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código innecesario
- Being a superset of C adds a lot of cruft which, we'll see shortly, compounds a problem with the complexity of Objective-C.
Examples
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I think it's a natural instinct of the developer, because we can see that it's possible; conceptually, we like the challenge and we like the promise of no-more-cruft.
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There is a good deal of cruft in the overall implementation: patches, additional modules, helper functions, undocumented features, etc.
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And while I purged my device of the digital cruft, on my server I created a new folder "JustForCompleteness" to hold that cruft.
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This is Zope 3 centric and very declarative, albeit with some CMF/Zope 2 integration cruft hidden away behind the scenes.
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The software can quickly identify and remove cruft from the code, improving performance.
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Developers often spend time eliminating cruft to ensure their applications run smoothly.
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It's essential to clear out any cruft that accumulates in the system to maintain efficiency.
Synonyms
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1.0
Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging
Unneeded parts of a system, such as old code or data, that should be removed
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.0
Clear, well organized computer instructions that are easy to read and change
How Unwanted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cruft was picked up by programmers to name leftover or redundant parts of a system, like old files or messy code, so in computing it means useless 'leftover' material that should be cleaned out.