Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kloc

/ˈkeɪlɒk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kloc
IPA: /ˈkeɪlɒk/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of thousand lines of code.

name

A surname from Polish.

Example Sentences

"The formula is based on thousands of lines of source code (kLOC) and incorporates Fagan's recommendations for inspection pace, meeting duration, and frequency: elapsed time (in days) = 3 × n kLOC Here n is an estimate of how many thousands of lines of code will be inspected."
"It concludes that defects are found 2 to 4 times faster with inspection than with testing, that defects are typically found at the rate of one defect per man hour invested in inspection, and that inspection finds about 37 defects per kloc if it is done properly."
"In IBM there's a religion in software that says you have to count KLOCs, and a KLOC is a thousand line of code."

Etymology

From K (“thousand”) + LOC (“lines of code”).

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: Kloc

Inflected Forms

KLOCs (plural)

Rhymes With

rock stock block lock shock clock iraq doc knock cock o'clock dock

Questions

How do you pronounce kloc?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkeɪlɒk/.
What does kloc mean?: Abbreviation of thousand lines of code.
Where does kloc come from?: It is traced to Polish.

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