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cruft

jargon word for anything that is left over, redundant and getting in the way; defective, superseded, useless, superfluous, or dysfunctional elements in computer software
Place jargon_term Q5189918

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
jargon term, computer software term[2]
Language of work or name
English[4]
Different from
Crufts[7]
Has effect
technical debt[5]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Native label
cruft[6]
Writing system
Latin script[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en cruft
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/02kw09
KBpedia ID
Cruft
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
124607581

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Summary

cruft is a jargon term[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cruft_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cruft}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cruft}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}}
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