- A software engineering metric that measures the amount of code that is added, modified, or deleted within a codebase over a specific time period, typically expressed as lines of code changed per unit of time. High code churn often indicates areas of instability, frequent bug fixes, or evolving requirements, and can be used to identify problematic code sections or predict maintenance costs.
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