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121Self-modifying code — In computer science, self modifying code is code that alters its own instructions, intentionally or otherwise, while it is executing.Self modifying code is quite straightforward to write when using assembly language (taking into account the CPU… …
122Source lines of code — (SLOC) is a software metric used to measure the size of a software program by counting the number of lines in the text of the program s source code. SLOC is typically used to predict the amount of effort that will be required to develop a program …
123Bible code — A Bible code (also Torah code) is the notion that there are information patterns encrypted or coded form in the text of the Bible, or, more specifically, in the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The existence of such codes has been …
124Unreachable code — In computer programming, unreachable code, or dead code, is code that exists in the source code of a program but can never be executed.Dead code is generally considered undesirable for a number of reasons, including:*If the author of the code… …
125Russian Tax Code — The Russian Tax Code is the primary tax law for the Russian Federation. The Code was created, adopted and implemented in three stages. Part One, enacted July 31, 1998, also referred to as General Part , regulates relationships between taxpayers,… …
126Inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code — This article is about the controversies regarding the novel. For other uses, see The Da Vinci Code (disambiguation). The Da Vinci Code, a popular suspense novel by Dan Brown, generated a great deal of criticism and controversy after its… …
127Prefix code — A prefix code is a code, typically a variable length code, with the prefix property : no code word is a prefix of any other code word in the set. A code with code words {0, 10, 11} has the prefix property; a code consisting of {0, 1, 10, 11} does …
128Dead code elimination — In compiler theory, dead code elimination is a compiler optimization to remove code which does not affect the program results. Removing such code has two benefits: it shrinks program size, an important consideration in some contexts, and it… …
