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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>compact</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="Commonwealth-Hackish.html" title="Commonwealth Hackish"/><link rel="next" href="compiler-jock.html" title="compiler jock"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">compact</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Commonwealth-Hackish.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="compiler-jock.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="compact"/><dt xmlns="" id="compact"><b>compact</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be
apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created
from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an
equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality
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