SMOP
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[edit]Noun
[edit]SMOP (plural SMOPs)
- (software engineering, humorous) Acronym of small/simple matter of programming: a piece of programming work that will require more time or effort than the person requesting it might realise.
- 2003, Jon Orwant, Games, Diversions & Perl Culture: Best of the Perl Journal:
- Now that we know how to deal with events, the code to cycle through the stock is a SMOP (Simple Matter Of Programming).
Further reading
[edit]- Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “SMOP”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.