Meanings
- derogatoryinformaluncountablecomputingUnstructured or poorly structured program source code.
1 more example
The descriptive name for logically snarled program statements is spaghetti code, because the logic is as hard to follow as one noodle through a plate of spaghetti. Not only is spaghetti code confusing, but also the programs that contain it are prone to error, difficult to reuse, and hard to use as building blocks for larger applications.
2017, Joyce Farrell, Programming Logic & Design, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 88Synonyms: spaghetti
- datedderogatoryinformaluncountablecomputingCode with many GOTO statements or their equivalent.
Synonyms: spaghetti
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnstructured or poorly structured program source code.
nounCode with many GOTO statements or their equivalent.
Translations
Bulgarian спагети код
- спагети код (spageti kod)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 屎山, 屎山代碼 /屎山代码
- 屎山 (shǐshān)Translations
- 屎山代碼 /屎山代码 (shǐshān dàimǎ)Translations
Finnish spagettikoodi
- spagettikoodiTranslations
German Spaghetticode
- SpaghetticodeTranslations
Polish źle zorganizowany kod
- źle zorganizowany kodTranslations
Cite this entry
spaghetti code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20code
“spaghetti code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20code. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spaghetti code,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20code.
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