(software) To make extensive and pervasive changes to a piece of code without altering its functionality.
(software) To make extensive and pervasive changes to a piece of code without altering its functionality.
We had to rototill the garden before we planted the flowers.
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(US) a motorized cultivator having rotating blades.
(computing, slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time.
(computing, slang) Redundant, old or improperly written software code, especially that which accumulates over time.
(computing, slang, rare, transitive) To manipulate in some ill-defined way; to tweak or mess about with.
(US) To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.
We had to rototill the garden before we planted the flowers.