Code Tomb
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A sealed-off area of old code left buried but still present, often too risky or low-priority to excavate properly. In engineering slang, code tomb suggests something entombed rather than truly gone.
In plain English: A buried sealed-off area of old code still kept around.
Example: "They left the old reporting adapter in a code tomb behind a permanent-off flag because the legal archive format still depended on its exact output shape."