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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>write-only code</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wrap-around.html" title="wrap around"/><link rel="next" href="write-only-language.html" title="write-only language"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">write-only code</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wrap-around.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="write-only-language.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="write-only-code"/><dt xmlns="" id="write-only-code"><b>write-only code</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [a play on <span class="firstterm">read-only memory</span>]
Code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be modified or
even comprehended by anyone but its author, and possibly not even by
him/her. A <a href="../B/Bad-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Bad Thing</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wrap-around.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="write-only-language.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">wrap around<6E></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>write-only language</td></tr></table></div></body></html>