:noddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- noddy /nod'ee/ adj.
[UK: from the children's books]
1.
Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - SMOP: /S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] n.
1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated... - English: 1. n.,obs. The source code for a program, which may be in
any language,
as opposed to the linkable or executable binary ...
