dead code

Noun

Meaning

(compilers) Instructions that, when executed, have no effect on the running of the program.

(programming) A portion of source code that will never be executed as part of the running program.
Many software projects contain much dead code in the form of deprecated functions.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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