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Legacy Codebase
Source code inherited from an older version of software (e.g., an operating system) or other outdated technology. At first the term was used for the code that is maintained by someone who did not write it. Another definition is that it is any code inherited from internal or external source.
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Interesting facts
Source code, to some extent, is dependent on the platform, even if it is written in Java.
