Code Necropolis
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
An especially vast graveyard of abandoned code, retired services, and historical debris. In engineering slang, code necropolis implies not just dead software, but an entire city of the dead still taking up space and attention.
In plain English: A very large accumulation of old dead code and abandoned systems.
Example: "The internal tools org inherited a code necropolis of expired prototypes, abandoned dashboards, and cron jobs whose original owners had left years ago."