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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deprecated</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="depeditate.html" title="depeditate"/><link rel="next" href="derf.html" title="derf"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deprecated</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="depeditate.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="derf.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deprecated"/><dt xmlns="" id="deprecated"><b>deprecated</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent and in
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the process of being phased out, usually in favor of a specified
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replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger on for many
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years. This term appears with distressing frequency in standards documents
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when the committees writing the documents realize that large amounts of
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extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the feature(s) that
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have passed out of favor. See also
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<a href="dusty-deck.html"><i class="glossterm">dusty deck</i></a>.</p><p>[Usage note: don't confuse this word with ‘depreciated’,
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or the verb form ‘deprecate’ with ‘depreciate’.
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They are different words; see any dictionary for discussion.]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="depeditate.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="derf.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">depeditate </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> derf</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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