Washing software

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washing software

Usage: n.

washing software: n.

The process of recompiling a software distribution (used more often when the recompilation is occuring from scratch) to pick up and merge together all of the various changes that have been made to the source.

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Sources

Source: washing software, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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