Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ninety-ninety rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: nine-ty-nine-ty rule
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.

Inflected Forms

the ninety-ninety rule (canonical)

Questions

What does ninety-ninety rule mean?: A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.

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