Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead code

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: dead- -code
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Instructions that, when executed, have no effect on the running of the program.

Uncountable

noun

A portion of source code that will never be executed as part of the running program.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much dead code elimination is actually done on intermediate representations of your code, which may contain unnecessary intermediate calculations[…]"
"Many software projects contain much dead code in the form of deprecated functions."
"If the test data is exhaustive you can even locate dead code: program code that is never executed."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

no-op

Frequently Paired Words

no-op

Synonyms

unreachable code

Questions

What does dead code mean?: Instructions that, when executed, have no effect on the running of the program.

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