English, Web Design: what does deprecated mean?
Tutoring English, fresh vocabulary keeps writing interesting. The tutor brings up a term he reads in connection with computer science.
deprecated (adj)
viewed unfavourably, viewed with disapproval.
In computer science, certain ways of writing code can become deprecated after newer, preferred ways supplant them. The deprecated code may continue to be supported for a time, but after being labelled “deprecated”, it’s vulnerable to sudden dysfunction.
Source:
Gilmour, Lorna (ed). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary & Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2006.
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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