cruft

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Definition von cruft im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time; clutter

Anything old or of inferior quality

{i} junk, collection of unwanted items; any unpleasant material, any disgusting substance; outcome of inferior workmanship; excess or redundant code within a computer program (Computers)

{f} write out assembler code for a task usually done by a compiler (Computer Slang)

Relevante Übersetzungen

Cruft's

a famous British competition for dogs, officially called Cruft's Dog Show, which is held every year in London. Judges at the show decide which is the best animal in the country for each type of dog (the 'best of breed'), and they also decide which is the best dog of all, which gets the title 'Cruft's supreme champion'

Etymologie

() Uncertain: possibly from Cruft Hall, the name of the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment; possibly a blend of crust and fluff, both of which suggest things that are obsolete and superfluous; possibly a modified form of crust. The supposed acronym "commodity residue undergoing fanciful transit" is a backronym.