deprecated
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deprecated
Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent
and in the process of being phased out, usually in favour of a
specified replacement. Deprecated features can,
unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears
with distressing frequency in standards documents when the
committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of
extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the
feature(s) that have passed out of favour.
See also
dusty deck.
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deprecate
To make invalid or obsolete by removing or flagging the item. When commands or statements in a language are planned for deletion in future releases of the compiler or rendering engine, they are said to be deprecated. Programmers should begin to remove them from the source code in subsequent revisions of their programs. See flagging and nugatory.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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Fans of low-fidelity art app Microsoft Paint are rejoicing after it was confirmed it would remain a part of the Windows operation system "for now".In 2017, Microsoft had said that Paint would be
deprecated but it survived.
Again, that's something we can generally count on, because Apple isn't in the habit of just leaving support for
deprecated capabilities in its operating systems.
Use of these harmful drugs is something that should be
deprecated and in my opinion Brexit should not be used as an excuse to promote their consumption and enrich their producers.
He said that the Apex Court had
deprecated the tendency of upgradation to benefit a particular individual.
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