SNIPPET

Snippet

Snippet is a programming term for a small region of re-usable source code, machine code, or text. Ordinarily, these are formally-defined operative units to incorporate into larger programming modules. Snippets are often used to clarify the meaning of an otherwise "cluttered" function, or to minimize the use of repeated code that is common to other functions. The snippets themselves may be either literal text, or written in a simple template language to allow substitutions, such as variable names. Snippets are a small-scale form of copy and paste programming. Snippet management is a feature of some text editors, program source code ...

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snippet

Noun

  1. a tiny piece or part
    From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.
  2. a textfile containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase


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