Refactoring

Rewriting something so that it is written differently, but ultimately “means” the same thing. E.g. in Math, you can refactor x + xy to x( 1 + y ). These two statements (x+xy) and (x(1+y)) mean exactly the same thing mathematically, but they’re just written differently. e.g. 2 in programming, refactor is used more loosely. You can refactor a bunch of code which means you rewrite the code to do the same intended thing, but in a better way (more efficiently, or with more adherence to OOP principles, or rewrite it to remove bugs).