Definition of write-only code

write-only code    

noun - uncountable

• source code that is extremely difficult to understand.

  I don't understand why we keep Jim on. I'm sick of his write-only code.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

origin

• This term is a play on "read-only memory."

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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automagically	Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical.
RT	Definitions include: acronym for "re-tweet."
button masher	Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse.
compooter	Definitions include: a computer that malfunctions frequently.
hack on	Definitions include: to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code.
foo	Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool.
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
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BOFH	Definitions include: acronym for "bastard operator from hell".
at scale	Definitions include: with heavy usage.
app	Definitions include: "application."
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whore	Definitions include: a prostitute.
newb	Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc.
newbie	Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc.
robot	Definitions include: a person who acts without thinking.
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Other terms relating to 'code':
code brown	Definitions include: a code used in medical situations to indicate that the patient has defecated themselves.
code monkey	Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
code red	Definitions include: an emergency situation.
code smell	Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base.
g code	Definitions include: to keep your mouth shut and mind your own business.
spaghetti code	Definitions include: code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.
Other terms relating to 'only':
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
DINO	Definitions include: acronym for "Democrat in Name Only."
GPO	Definitions include: acronym for "good for parts only".
ha ha only serious	Definitions include: a joke or "joke" that contains a core of truth.
iff	Definitions include: "if and only if."
RINO	Definitions include: acronym for "Republican in name only".
wear only a smile	Definitions include: to be naked.
YOLO	Definitions include: acronym for "you only live once."
Other terms relating to 'write':
nothing to write home about	Definitions include: unexciting, boring.
WBS	Definitions include: acronym for "write back soon".
writer	Definitions include: Graffiti Scene: Practitioner of writing graffiti(Tagging, etc.)

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