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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
cruft /kruhft/ [very common; back-formation from crufty] 1. n. An
unpleasant substance. The dust that gathers under your bed is cruft; the
TMRC Dictionary correctly noted that attacking it with a broom only
produces more. 2. n. The results of shoddy construction. 3. vt. [from
`hand cruft', pun on `hand craft'] To write assembler code for something
normally (and better) done by a compiler (see hand-hacking). 4. n.
Excess; superfluous junk; used esp. of redundant or superseded code. 5.
[University of Wisconsin] n. Cruft is to hackers as gaggle is to geese;
that is, at UW one properly says "a cruft of hackers".
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cruft
Αγγλικά n.
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From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cruft
n.
1 (lb en slang) Anything old or of inferior quality.
2 (lb en computing slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code,
especially that which accumulates over time.
3 (lb en film slang) Meaningless and/or gratuitous content displayed
on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.
vb.
(lb en computing slang) To generate cruft. (rfex: en)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Cruft
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cruft
n.
1 (lb en slang) Anything old or of inferior quality.
2 (lb en computing slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code,
especially that which accumulates over time.
3 (lb en film slang) Meaningless and/or gratuitous content displayed
on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.
vb.
(lb en computing slang) To generate cruft. (rfex: en)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Cruft
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cruft
n.
1 (lb en slang) Anything old or of inferior quality.
2 (lb en computing slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code,
especially that which accumulates over time.
3 (lb en film slang) Meaningless and/or gratuitous content displayed
on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.
vb.
(lb en computing slang) To generate cruft. (rfex: en)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Cruft
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cruft
n.
1 (lb en slang) Anything old or of inferior quality.
2 (lb en computing slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code,
especially that which accumulates over time.
3 (lb en film slang) Meaningless and/or gratuitous content displayed
on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.
vb.
(lb en computing slang) To generate cruft. (rfex: en)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Cruft
n.
(surname: en).
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Cruft /kɹˈʌft/
الغبار المتراكم تحت السرير
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cruft /kɹˈʌft/
[it] nadbytečný zdrojový kód programu
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cruft /kɹˈʌft/
[coll.] Programmiermüll [überflüssiger] , Programmiermist [ugs.] [pej.] [comp.]
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
cruft //kɹʌft//
roska
anything old or of inferior quality
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