glue code

noun

glue code

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Code that serves to connect separate parts of a program for compatibility or interoperability.

  • One of the concerns raised was that glue code is typically something that is very special for a given context and therefore hard to reuse.1993, Eike Best, editor, CONCUR '93: 4th International Conference on Concurrency Theory:
  • The linker interposes the glue code in front of each downward call.2000, John R Levine, Linkers and Loaders:

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