Definition of spaghetti code

spaghetti code    

noun - uncountable

• code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.

  I don't understand why we keep Jim on. I'm tired of trying to decipher his spaghetti code.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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