"shotgun surgery" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shotgun surgery (uncountable)
  1. (computing, slang) The antipattern of adding similar or identical source code in multiple parts of a software project, rather than implementing the desired functionality in a single place to make it reusable. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: shotgun debugging
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