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antipattern en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From anti- + pattern, coined by Andrew Koenig in 1995.

Meanings

1. A design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice.
   • If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution. 2004, Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Head First Design Patterns, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 612:

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Relateds

dark pattern

Translations (10)

hu antiminta (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · pt antipadrão (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · ru антипатте́рн (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · hu ellenminta (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · pl antywzorzec (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · ja アンチパターン (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · fi antisuunnittelumalli (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · de Antimuster (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · de Anti-Pattern (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice) · sv antimönster (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)