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Lines of code is a way of measuring the size of a computer program (some software) by counting the lines of text in the program's source code. The source code is the instructions written by prgrammers telling the computer what to do.
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million lines of codedetailnotessourcelinksource 2pixel length of bar
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lower limit (if applicable)upper limit (if applicable)
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iOS app - simple game0.01app10,000 LOC. Imangi is a word game app, same people also made Temple RuniPhoneDevSDKhttp://iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/3948-average-time-spent-creating-an-app-poll.html
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Unix v 1.0 (1971)0.0110000http://www.thegamersblog.com/10-facts-you-may-not-know-about-world-of-warcraft/
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Win32/Simile virus0.01virusa metamorphic (very complex) computer virus, released 2002 had 14000 LOCWikipedia, Security Responsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virushttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/simile.pdf
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iOS app - photo editing0.04app39,924 LOC. Camera Genius is a photo editing app. CodeGoohttp://blog.codegoo.com/post/2794720594/whats-involved-in-building-an-iphone-app
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Pacemaker0.08the software in a heart pacemaker80,000Coverity infographic, MathWorks.comhttp://insideevs.com/infographic-chevy-volt-has-10-million-lines-of-code-f-22-raptor-only-has-1-7-million/http://www.mathworks.co.uk/company/newsletters/articles/university-of-pennsylvania-develops-electrophysiological-heart-model-for-real-time-closed-loop-testing-of-pacemakers.html
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Photoshop v1 (1990)0.12Slashdothttp://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/02/14/1323254/for-your-inspection-source-code-for-photoshop-10
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Camino0.20browserOhlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary
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Quake 3 engine0.31computer game310000 LOC computer game.Quorahttp://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/About-how-many-lines-of-code-is-a-typical-computer-game-such-as-Starcraft-or-Counter-Strike
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Space Shuttle0.40primary flight softwareNasawww.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/.../flyfeature_shuttlecomputers.html‎
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18000 pages of printed text1.00on typical 20-pound paper, would be a stack 6 feet tallEmbeddedhttp://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/break-points/4026827/A-Million-Lines-of-Code9.1
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Crysis 1.00gameQuorahttp://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/About-how-many-lines-of-code-is-a-typical-computer-game-such-as-Starcraft-or-Counter-Strike9.1
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War And Peace x 14, Ulysses x 25, The Catcher in The Rye x 631.00Embeddedhttp://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/break-points/4026827/A-Million-Lines-of-Code9.1
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Syphilis 1.14Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that causes Syphilis (1039 genes and 1,138,011 base pairs)Kimball's Biology Pageshttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/G/GenomeSizes.html
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Age of Empires Online1.20Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_Online10.92
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CESM Community Earth System Model1.20Climate model from the National Center for Atmospheric ResearchDaily Camerahttp://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_15820781
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F-22 Raptor1.70Coverity inforgraphichttp://insideevs.com/infographic-chevy-volt-has-10-million-lines-of-code-f-22-raptor-only-has-1-7-million/15.47
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Linux Kernel 2.2.0 (1999)1.80increase in code relative to previous version: 289%Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel16.38
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Hubble Space Telescope2.00NYTImeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/19/us/excitement-and-dismay-at-space-telescope-center.html?src=pm18.2
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Unreal Engine 32.00gameQuorahttp://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/About-how-many-lines-of-code-is-a-typical-computer-game-such-as-Starcraft-or-Counter-Strike18.2
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Lines of code de-bugged in the Jurassic Park network by Dennis Nedry 2.00He's totally unappreciated in his timeJurassic Park
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Windows 3.1 (1992)2.50CNEThttp://news.cnet.com/The-root-of-the-problem-Bad-software/2008-1082_3-276316.html22.75
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Drones (control software)3.50Wiredhttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/navy-killer-drone/31.85
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ROOT software (at the LHC)3.50ROOT, a software program used by CERN's physicists to store, analyze, and visualize petabytes of data about the LHC experimentCoverityhttp://www.coverity.com/company/press-releases/read/cern-chooses-coverity-to-ensure-accuracy-of-large-hadron-collider-software-html
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Photoshop CS 6 (2012)4.50PC Worldhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/2028315/computer-history-museum-shares-original-photoshop-code.htmlhttp://scottkelby.com/2012/photoshop-cs6-from-the-inside/40.95
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Windows NT 3.1 (1993)4.50operating system4.005.00Knowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/40.95
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HD DVD Players on XBox4.70Microsoft Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xboxteam/archive/2006/11/03/emergence-day.aspx42.77
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HealthCare.gov - needed to repair5.00website"Obamacare online enrollment system might actually need 5 million lines of code to be rewritten just to repair the problems encountered on the site"Examinerhttp://www.examiner.com/article/code-blue-obamacare-online-system-needs-massive-re-write-to-work?cid=rss45.5
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Mars Curiosity Rover5.00Slashdothttp://slashdot.org/topic/bi/mars-rover-curiosity-less-brainpower-than-apples-iphone-5/45.5
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Linux kernel 2.6.0 (2003)5.20operating systemonly wiki sourceWikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_lines_of_code47.32
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Google Chrome (estimate 2) (2011)5.40browserhttp://www.quora.com/Google-Chrome/How-many-lines-of-code-is-Google-Chrome49.14
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World of WarCraft (Server)5.50gameGamesspotUKhttp://uk.gamespot.com/news/blizzard-outlines-massive-effort-behind-world-of-warcraft-622861550.05
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Windows XP Service Pack 16.10Microsoft Bloghttps://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CH4QFjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.msdn.com%2Fcfs-filesystemfile.ashx%2F__key%2Fcommunityserver-components-postattachments%2F00-01-37-62-23%2FAPSECVer4.doc&ei=EvprUvHPEYnX7Abo6oGYBA&usg=AFQjCNHfjdSfZAYMsMFoMKy1eSk482RKeA&sig2=J2mxvNHzAqVdA8SX3XPAsQ&bvm=bv.55123115,d.ZGU&cad=rja55.51
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Boeing 7876.50Avionics and online support systemsCoverity inforgraphichttp://insideevs.com/infographic-chevy-volt-has-10-million-lines-of-code-f-22-raptor-only-has-1-7-million/59.15
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Google Chrome6.70browser6677875Ohlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/chrome/analyses/latest/languages_summary60.97
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Windows NT 3.5 (1994)7.50increase in code relative to previous version: 166%7.008.00Knowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/68.25
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Windows NT 3.51 (1995)9.50operating system9.0010.00Knowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/86.45
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Firefox9.70browserOhlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary88.27
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Chevy Volt (electric car)10.00Coverity inforgraphic, SmartPlanethttp://insideevs.com/infographic-chevy-volt-has-10-million-lines-of-code-f-22-raptor-only-has-1-7-million/http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/gms-volt-10-million-lines-of-code/1200691
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Intuit Quickbooks10.00Slashdothttp://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/07/31/0052230/how-intuit-manages-10-million-lines-of-code91
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Windows NT 4.0 (1996)11.50operating system. increase in code relative to previous version: 153%11.0012.00Knowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/104.65
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Android12.00operating system including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++XDA Developers Forumhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Android109.2
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Mozilla Core12.50code libraries used by all Mozilla apps like Firefox12528368Ohlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary113.75
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MySQL12.50database formatOhlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary113.75
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Boeing 787, total flight software14.00Total flight softwareNYC Aviatorhttp://www.nycaviation.com/2011/09/fun-facts-revealed-at-boeings-787-technical-panel/127.4
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Android (upper estimate)15.00136.5
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Linux 3.1 (recent version, 2013)15.00increase in code relative to previous version: 288%CNEThttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57603216-94/linux-development-by-the-numbers-big-and-getting-bigger/136.5
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Apache Open Office23.00open source office productivity softwareOhlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary209.3
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F-35 Fighter 24NYT says 3.5m. Wired says 24 million (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/marines-jsf/)NYTImeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/business/yourmoney/28lock.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1382805279-iJ9/V1NXb4+48FP0fFa2OA218.4
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Microsoft Office (2001)25.00CNEThttp://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-to-release-Mac-OS-X-Office-in-fall/2100-1040_3-250792.html227.5
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Windows 2000 (2000)29.00increase in code relative to previous version: 1160%or moreKnowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/263.9
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Microsoft Office for Mac (2006)30.00office productivity software for use with MacMSDN Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/macmojo/archive/2006/11/03/it-s-all-in-the-numbers.aspx273
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Symbian37.60mobile phone programming languageOhlohhttp://www.ohloh.net/p/mozilla/analyses/latest/languages_summary342.16
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Windows 740.00operating systemQuorahttp://www.quora.com/Windows-8/How-many-lines-of-code-is-in-Microsoft-Windows-8364
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Windows XP (2001)40.00operating system. increase in code relative to previous version: 138%Knowing .nethttp://www.knowing.net/index.php/2005/12/06/how-many-lines-of-code-in-windows/364
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Microsoft Office (2013)45.00office productivity software for use with Windows30.0060.00PC Maghttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418117,00.asp409.5
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Large Hadron Collider 50.00Coverityhttp://www.coverity.com/company/press-releases/read/cern-chooses-coverity-to-ensure-accuracy-of-large-hadron-collider-software-htmlhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/22/cern_coverity/455
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Microsoft Visual Studio 201250.00Microsoft Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/20/the-visual-studio-2012-feedback-tool-a-better-way-to-submit-bugs.aspx455
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Windows Vista (2007)50.00increase in code relative to previous version: 125%NYTImeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/technology/27soft.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1382805118-0jnNRGXEVPip3xoW+BDp8Q455
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Facebook (without backend code)62.00note from the source: "The new count includes the entire git repository: data, binaries, third-party and all. Thanks to Adam Hupp for pointing this out to me. The number is from running git ls-files"Quorahttp://www.quora.com/Facebook-Engineering/How-many-lines-of-code-is-Facebook564.2
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US Army's Future Combat System63.80Wiredhttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/01/army-futures-so/580.58
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Debian 5.0 codebase68.00618.8
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Mac OS X 10.486.00operating systemEngadgethttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/07/live-from-wwdc-2006-steve-jobs-keynote/782.6
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Software in typical new car, 2013100.00Wiredhttp://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12/automotive-os-war/910
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Debian 5.0 (all software in package)324.00operating systemDebain is an operating system which is composed of free softwareDebain Countinghttp://debian-counting.libresoft.es/2948.4
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Healthcare.gov500.00NY Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/us/insurance-site-seen-needing-weeks-to-fix.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Google2,000.00websiteWiredhttp://www.wired.com/2015/09/google-2-billion-lines-codeand-one-place/
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LibreOffice9.08BlackDuckhttps://www.openhub.net/p/libreoffice
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OpenOffice11.30BlackDuckhttps://www.openhub.net/p/openoffice
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