A fork of Rural Dictionary
North Manchester (UK) slang usage meaning 'of undesirable quality'
'Your band is terse.' 'Did you watch that film I lent you?' 'Yes, it was terse'
Code written in a manner that makes it difficult for those other than the original programmer to read.
Billy was screwed when he went to update his Java classes because he wanted to be a douche and write terse code.