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🥋 A martial arts routine 💻 A practice exercise
kata

kata

1 8.3
A short exercise you repeat regularly to improve a practical skill
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːtə/
  • Jargon
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  • The programming class started each session with a kata to reinforce basic concepts.

Examples

  • She practiced a new kata every morning to improve her teaching techniques.

  • Completing a daily kata helped him master complex coding patterns over time.

  • She practices a new kata every day.

  • Can you show me that kata again?

  • The students practiced their coding kata to enhance their programming skills.

  • Every morning, he spends thirty minutes on his martial arts kata to refine his technique.

  • To master the basics, the teacher assigned a daily kata for the students to complete.

How Complex

challenge
∞ 3.1
to project
4 6.1
task
∞ 1.0
kata
  • Jargon
1 8.3
exercise
142 1.0

Surface Forms

kata singular
katas plural

Etymology

Kata in programming and teaching is borrowed from the martial arts word kata, which means 'form' and names a short, repeatable routine you practice to get better. So a kata is a small exercise you do again and again to improve a practical skill.