Code Outpost
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A distant or isolated technical component that sits outside the main flow of development and support. In engineering slang, code outposts are often important but under-visited, which makes them easy to neglect.
In plain English: An isolated and lightly tended part of the codebase or system.
Example: "The on-prem connector was a code outpost, maintained by few people and only remembered when one enterprise customer had a critical issue."