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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Computer program code characterized by several well-defined and separable layers forming a hierarchy of subsystems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Modeled after spaghetti code, and based on the layered construction of lasagna; coined by Joe Celko in 1982.
