self-documenting

Adjective

Meaning

self-documenting (not comparable)

(computing, programming, of source code) Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

These multi-dimensional spreadsheets enabled viewing data and algorithms in various self-documenting ways, including simultaneous multiple synchronized views. Source: Internet

COBOL was designed in the 1950s as a business language and was made to be self-documenting using English-like structural elements such as verbs, clauses, sentences, sections and divisions. Source: Internet

The current standard is ISO IEC 1989:2014. citation COBOL has an English-like syntax, which was designed to be self-documenting and highly readable. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-distribute self-distrust self-distrustful self-doubling program self-doubt self-doubter