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> A developer needs a synonym for 'lines of code' that is no more than 7
> characters. Any suggestions?
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> The context: he is writing an ouput that counts various elements in
the
> code. So, he has field titles like 'X Comments' [reports the number of
> comments in the code]. For some reason, 'lines of code' is too long
for
> the
> field 'X lines of code'. So he wants a synonym of less than 7
characters.
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> Outrageous answers welcome as well as serious ones.
>
Outrageous answer:
"codlins" n. lines of code, as in computer instructions for an
application program. Ex. "Honey, I've got 37,483 _codlins_ to review
this weekend--can't you see if your brother could help you paint the
living room?"
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