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prod

prod

1 8.1
The live computer system used by real users
  • noun
  • /prɒd/
  • Jargon
translation icon : entorno de producción
  • All night I listened to hogs whine on the hot prod.

Examples

  • Harvey was on the prod.

  • Just replace $this->prod->Name with $this->prod->Code.

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  • This is made possible because make prod, this function call returns a function itself.

  • I was on the prod...

  • Just replace $this->prod->Name with $this->prod->Code.

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  • The sequence here can be arbitrary and may not relate to the sequence of the protein as appears in Swiss, PROD or or GenBank.

  • If I had a nickel for every time that I heard, "I can't get rid of this legacy code because there is a legacy client still in PROD."

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  • We ordered big taser shockers, cars with cattle prods mounted on them, and guns that blow out electric nets.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Info prods are best used when you have an audience of a couple of years with whom you have trust and credibility, that you have a list to market to, and that you can ask for input as you develop the product to laser-target exactly what they want, etc.

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  • The software team deployed the latest updates to prod, ensuring all users received the improvements.

Synonyms

production
vsprod
  • Specialized
34 4.4

The live version of software that people use

is an informal short form used in casual computing discussion

How Live

prod
  • Jargon
1 8.1
staging
  • Specialized
1 4.5
test
1.0
development
357 2.5

Surface Forms

prod singular
prods plural

Etymology

Prod in computing is short for production, meaning the 'live system' where real users run the software, so calling it prod reminds teams they are working in the real, working place rather than a test area.