Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spaghetti code

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: spaghet-ti -code
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Unstructured or poorly structured program source code.

Derogatory; Informal; Uncountable

noun

Unstructured or poorly structured program source code.

Dated; Derogatory; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The descriptive name for logically snarled program statements is spaghetti code, because the logic is as hard to follow as one noodle through a plate of spaghetti. Not only is spaghetti code confusing, but also the programs that contain it are prone to error, difficult to reuse, and hard to use as building blocks for larger applications."

Usage

Phrases

big ball of mud cable spaghetti rat's nest structured programming tag soup

Frequently Paired Words

big ball of mud cable spaghetti rat's nest structured programming tag soup lasagna code ravioli code

Synonyms

spaghetti

Questions

What does spaghetti code mean?: Unstructured or poorly structured program source code.

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