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recodification

recodification

8.3
Rewriting program instructions to make a program faster or easier to fix
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˌkɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recodificación
  • Successful recodification can make a program easier to maintain and extend in the future.

Examples

  • The software company began a major recodification project to modernize its outdated systems.

  • After several years, the team decided that recodification was necessary to improve performance and security.

  • The recodification of the software improved its efficiency.

  • She is leading the recodification project this year.

  • The software company undertook a recodification to enhance the maintainability of its aging codebase.

  • To ensure the application runs smoothly, the developers initiated a recodification of the existing program structure.

  • A thorough recodification effort is essential for improving the performance of the legacy software.

Synonyms

rewriting
vsrecodification
7 3.7

Changing a text to make it clearer or better

applies specifically to changing program code structure and maintainability
reworking
vsrecodification
4 3.9

A new version of a book or film with changes

is focused on reorganizing software code rather than general improvements
refactor
vsrecodification
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A change to computer code that makes it cleaner and easier to understand without changing what it does

allows reorganizing code that may change performance or external behavior
revising
vsrecodification
2.9

The act of changing writing to make it clearer

focuses on changing source code structure and performance in software
recoding
vsrecodification
  • Specialized
7.4

To change information from one form to another

involves rewriting program source to improve structure and performance instead

How Extensive

rewrite
  • Specialized
3 7.2
to reengineer
  • Specialized
3 5.5
recodification
  • Specialized
8.3
to refactor
  • Specialized
2 6.1
patch
  • Specialized
75 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology

Recodification starts with re- 'again', has code 'instructions for a computer', and the ending -fication 'the act of making'. So a recodification is rewriting those instructions, which is why it means reorganizing or improving computer program source code.