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cruft
cruft C5806150 (krŭft)n.1. Trash, debris, or other unwanted matter that accumulates over time.2. Unnecessary digital information that accumulates over time, such as unneeded files or obsolete lines of code in software: "By removing cruft, you can recover valuable disk space ... and reduce the chance of software conflicts" (Joe Kissell).
[Originally 1950s Massachusetts Institute of Technology students' slang, perhaps after Cruft Hall (the informal name for Cruft Laboratory, a building on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the physics department stored unused technical equipment), humorously taken as "hall of cruft" (perhaps influenced by crud and crust).]
cruft′y adj.Cruft (krʌft) n (Biography) Charles. 1852–1938, British dog breeder, who organized the first (1886) of the annual dog shows known as Cruft'scruft
Cruft Charles. 1852--1938, British dog breeder, who organized the first (1886) of the annual dog shows known as Cruft's cruft (jargon)(back-formation from "crufty") Anything unpleasantthat accumulates over time. Also used as a verb, as in cruft together, hand cruft.cruftProgramming code that is redundant or poorly written. It may also refer to collections of old hardware parts that are obsolete. The term's derivation is unknown, but some think it came from Harvard University's Cruft Laboratory, where discarded equipment had been seen lying around for years. |