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linus' law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
li-nus' law
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A claim about software development that states that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Etymology

Named after Finnish-American software engineer Linus Torvalds (1969–) who is the creator of, and was for a long time principal developer of, the Linux kernel.

Inflected Forms

Linus's Law (alternative)

Questions

What does linus' law mean?
A claim about software development that states that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.
Where does linus' law come from?
Named after Finnish-American software engineer Linus Torvalds (1969–) who is the creator of, and was for a long time principal developer of, the Linux kernel.

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