badcode

noun
UK /ˈbæd.kəʊd/
US /ˈbæd.koʊd/

Computer instructions that are messy or broken and make programs go wrong.

The game kept crashing because of badcode in the update.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Code that is hard for other people to read and understand.

His badcode had no comments, so nobody could follow it.

3. Code that works but is written in a careless, unsafe way.

The app got hacked because of badcode in the login page.

4. A playful word for a mistake in a computer program.

We found some badcode that made the robot spin in circles.