Meaning & use
Dev
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An informal short form of "developer," a person who writes or builds software.
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Our lead dev fixed the bug within an hour.
The studio hired three new devs for the mobile team.
A note on using this word
Common in tech industry slang; also used as an adjective, as in "dev server" or "dev build," referring to a development version.
Words with a similar meaning
developerprogrammer
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Relating to a software development environment, as opposed to production.
Push the change to the dev branch first.
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