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code golf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

code golf

Etymology

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

Related words

regex golf

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