"noise word" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1975, Terrence W. Pratt, Programming Languages: Design and Implementation, page 381:",
          "text": "For example, in the COBOL goto statement, written GO TO , the keyword GO is required, but TO is an optional noise word which carries no information and is used only to improve readability.",
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        "A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning."
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        "(programming) A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning."
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        "(computing) A stop word, one ignored in search queries etc."
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        "(programming) A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning."
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