refactorization

refactorization
a) A split into constituent parts after a previous combination.

The word burger is part of a refactorization of Hamburger (originally Hamburg + er).

b) A false etymology derived from re-bracketing.

An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects.


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