/prog'let/ [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an
immediate, transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely
more than a dozen lines long and containing no subroutines.
The largest amount of code that can be written off the top of
one's head, that does not need any editing, and that runs
correctly the first time (this amount varies significantly
according to one's skill and the language one is using).