refactorization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to maintain; a refactoring.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The word burger is part of a refactorization of Hamburger (originally Hamburg + er)."
- "An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects."
- "Another objective of refactorization is to factor out repeated coding patterns into new abstractions and thus avoid their repetition resulting in less code to maintain."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English factorization English refactorization From re- + factorization.