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What is "cruft"

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cruft

n. 1 (context computing informal English) Anything old or of inferior quality. 2 (context computing informal English) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time; clutter.

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Cruft

Cruft is jargon for anything that is left over, redundant and getting in the way. It is used particularly for superseded and unused technical and electronic hardware and useless, superfluous or dysfunctional elements in computer software.

Cruft (disambiguation)

Cruft is poor quality computing material.

Cruft may also be:

  • People:
    • Adrian Cruft (1921–1987), British composer
    • Charles Cruft (general) (1826–1883), American teacher, lawyer, railroad executive, and a Union general during the American Civil War
    • Charles Cruft (showman) (1852–1938), British showman who founded Crufts dog show
    • Eugene Cruft (1887–1976), British double bass player
  • Other
    • Wikipedia:Listcruft, lists of indiscriminate information on Wikipedia
    • Wikipedia:Fancruft; the accumulation of trivial information in Wikipedia articles

Usage examples of "cruft".

A nonrelative named Anson Cruft was convicted of possession of false identification papers, and a woman named Susan Bianca who ran a legal brothel in Nevada then tried the same thing in San Luis Obispo is locked up for pandering.

She sipped her wine, wondering what the hell she was doing chatting about dogs, Crufts and Armalite rifles!

She sipped her wine, wondering what the hell she was doing chatting about dogs, Crufts and Armalite rifles!

Mother was best of breed at Crufts, father won every field trial in the country.