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What (who) is self-modifying code - definition


Self-modifying code         
SOURCE CODE THAT ALTERS ITS INSTRUCTIONS TO THE HARDWARE WHILE EXECUTING
Self modifying code; Runtime code generation; Run-time code generation; Synthesis kernel; Synthesis microkernel; Self-authoring code; Synthesis (kernel); Self-referential machine learning; Self-modifying program; Indirectly self-modifying code; Self-modification (computing); Indirect self-modification; Dynamic self-modifying code; Dynamic self-modification; Dynamically self-modifying code
In computer science, self-modifying code (SMC) is code that alters its own instructions while it is executing – usually to reduce the instruction path length and improve performance or simply to reduce otherwise repetitively similar code, thus simplifying maintenance. The term is usually only applied to code where the self-modification is intentional, not in situations where code accidentally modifies itself due to an error such as a buffer overflow.
Self-documenting code         
SOURCE CODE FOLLOWING NAMING CONVENTIONS AND STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING CONVENTIONS THAT ENABLE USE OF THE SYSTEM WITHOUT PRIOR SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Self-describing; Self-documenting
In computer programming, self-documenting (or self-describing) source code and user interfaces follow naming conventions and structured programming conventions that enable use of the system without prior specific knowledge. In web development, self-documenting refers to a website that exposes the entire process of its creation through public documentation, and whose public documentation is part of the development process.
self-hatred         
HATRED OF ONESELF
Self-hate; Self-loathing; Self-hating gay; Self hate; Self hatred; Self loathing; Self Hatred; Self-revulsion; Self-contempt; Self contempt; Self-hating; Self hating; Self-hated; Self hated; Self-hates; Self hates; Self hater; Self-loathe; Self loathe; Self loathes; Hate oneself; Self phobia; Self-hating Catholic
(also self-hate)
¦ noun intense dislike of oneself.