snippet
/ˈsnɪpɪt/
Dictionary
noun
- A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
"From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good."
- A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
Synonyms:excerpt
verb
- To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
"We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page."
- To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
Synonyms:excerpt
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