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code golf

code golf noun: a recreational computer programming competition in which participants attempt to write the shortest possible source code to implement a given algorithm.

Noun

code golf (uncountable)

  1. A recreational computer programming competition in which participants attempt to write the shortest possible source code to implement a given algorithm.

Origin of code golf

By analogy with the sport of golf, in which players aim to sink the ball in the hole in the fewest strokes possible.

Questions about code golf

What does code golf mean?
Code golf means a recreational computer programming competition in which participants attempt to write the shortest possible source code to implement a given algorithm.
What part of speech is code golf?
Code golf is a noun.

Words near code golf in the dictionary

  1. code faces
  2. code fence
  3. code file
  4. code files
  5. code folding
  6. code golf
  7. code grabber
  8. code grabbers
  9. code lifting
  10. code mix
  11. code mixed

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