linesofcode
nounUK /laɪnz əv kəʊd/
US /laɪnz əv koʊd/
Lines of code are the rows of words a computer programmer writes to tell a computer what to do.
The new game took thousands of lines of code to build.
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2. A way to measure how big a computer program is.
The app has about 50,000 lines of code.
3. The written instructions in a text file that a computer can read.
She opened the file and scrolled through the lines of code.
4. A unit used to compare the size of different software projects.
They compared the two programs by counting their lines of code.