noddy /nod'ee/ adj.
[UK: from the children's books]
1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs
are often written by people learning a new language or system. The
archetypal noddy program is hello world. Noddy code may be
used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler. May be used of
real hardware or software to imply that it isn't worth using.
"This editor's a bit noddy." 2. A program that is more or less
instant to produce. In this use, the term does not necessarily
connote uselessness, but describes a hack sufficiently trivial
that it can be written and debugged while carrying on (and during
the space of) a normal conversation. "I'll just throw together a
noddy awk script to dump all the first fields." In North
America this might be called a mickey mouse program. See
toy program.
[UK: from the children's books]
1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs
are often written by people learning a new language or system. The
archetypal noddy program is hello world. Noddy code may be
used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler. May be used of
real hardware or software to imply that it isn't worth using.
"This editor's a bit noddy." 2. A program that is more or less
instant to produce. In this use, the term does not necessarily
connote uselessness, but describes a hack sufficiently trivial
that it can be written and debugged while carrying on (and during
the space of) a normal conversation. "I'll just throw together a
noddy awk script to dump all the first fields." In North
America this might be called a mickey mouse program. See
toy program.
Related:
- noddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point.... - mickey mouse program n.
North American equivalent of a
noddy (that is,
trivial) program. Doesn't necessarily have the... - mickey mouse program: n. North American equivalent of a {noddy}
(that is,
trivial) program. Doesn't necessarily have the ... - toy program n.
1. One that can be readily comprehended;
hence, a trivial program (compare noddy). 2. One for... - proglet /prog'let/ n.
[UK] A short extempore program
written to meet an immediate,
transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely... - proglet: /prog'let/ [UK] n. A short extempore program
written to meet an immediate,
transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely... - toy program: n. 1. One that can be readily comprehended;
hence, a trivial program (compare {noddy}). 2.... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's... - TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs.
1. [originally an acronym for
`[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector';
later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor...
From the same category:
- randomness n.
1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous
inelegance.
2. A hack or crock that depends on a complex combination... - Moof /moof/
[Macintosh users] 1. n. The call of a
semi-legendary creature,
properly called the dogcow. (Some previous versions... - baroque adj.
[common] Feature-encrusted; complex;
gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp... - jock n.
1. A programmer who is characterized by large and
somewhat brute-force programs.
See brute force. 2. When modified by another noun... - K&R [Kernighan and Ritchie] n.
Brian Kernighan and Dennis
Ritchie's book "The C Programming Language",
esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice...
