What is Cruft?
1.
Using the algorithm for finding the average:
(crap+stuff+sh*t)/3 = cruft
This is the true etymology of the word
That C++ library goes in the "cruft" folder.
2.
1. The dust that gathers underneath a bed, 2. Shoddily constructed or made, 3. Bad code, 4. Accumulated physical or virtual junk.
Jim had to spend several days cleaning up the cruft left behind in the code by the
newbie programmer.
3.
Referring to any extraneous matter, either physical or ideological. First used in describing the portions of a grain that cannot be utilized for any particular purpose, and are thus discarded from the harvest.
Many people allow cruft to gather in the attics and garages of their homes.
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4.
Unimportant or trivial writings that take up space on servers and consume bandwith, as in a
My friends, to help fulfill my lifetime endeavor to add to the cruft of the World Wide Web, I hereby announce my new blog.
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5.
the all-purpose word. can be used to mean: stuff, junk, mess, dumpster, aluminun can, and bicycle
Man i gotta clean my room. I have too much cruft everywhere!
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