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DRY

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Don't Repeat Yourself — a software development principle stating that every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation in a system

Pronunciation

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dry

/draɪ/

One syllable, pronounced like the English word 'dry'. From 'The Pragmatic Programmer' by Hunt and Thomas. Always spoken as a word. The opposite principle is WET (Write Everything Twice).

Source: pragprog.com(official spec)

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