Computer Programming and Mathematics Terms
- Skeleton (computer science) or dummy code, not used in the final product, but left in to avoid creating bugs
- Dummy data, data used as a placeholder or for testing purposes only
- Dummy file, files used to fit the space in data optical discs
- Dummy load, a device used to simulate an electrical load, usually for testing purposes
- Dummy variable, in math, a free and bound variable
- Dummy variable (statistics), also known as indicator variable, only taking the values 0 and 1 and used in regression analysis
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