Cruft Definition

noun
(computing, informal) Anything old or of inferior quality.
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(computing, informal) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time; clutter.

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Origin of Cruft

  • Uncertain: possibly from Cruft Hall, the name of the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment; possibly a blend of crust and fluff, both of which suggest things that are obsolete and superfluous; possibly a modified form of crust.

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