English Explanatory Dictionary

rubber duck debugging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice in which a programmer attempts to solve a bug by explaining their code to an inanimate object, such as a rubber duck.

Word forms

rubber duck debugging

Etymology

From a story in the book The Pragmatic Programmer (1999).

Synonyms

rubber ducking
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