codediscovery

noun

UK /ˌkəʊdɪˈskʌvəri/

US /ˌkoʊdɪˈskʌvəri/

The act of finding out how code works or finding something new in code.

The young programmer celebrated a codediscovery when she finally understood the bug.

SYNONYMS

code finding code exploration code revelation code detection

RELATED WORDS

debugging programming software algorithm source code

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A tool or feature that helps people find and learn about code.

The new codediscovery tool made it easy to search the whole project.

3. The moment a hidden problem in a program is found.

Their codediscovery saved the team hours of guessing.

4. A shared learning event where people explore and study code together.

We joined a weekend codediscovery to read open-source projects.