What do you call a method or library which is old and shouldn't be used anymore?

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There has to be a name for this. I'm thinking degraded or unused (old isn't descriptive enough). Has anyone come up with something descriptive to call this?

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score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '10 at 22:50

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Deprecated (in java) or Obsolete (in c#)

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Note: it's not 'depreciated' as some people like to call it. Depreciated relates to the loss of value of an asset over time. – Ben Aston Jul 21 '10 at 22:53

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '10 at 22:50

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Deprecated

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Rich

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '10 at 22:50

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You should use: deprecated

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 21 '10 at 22:52

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Obsolete for .NET

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.obsoleteattribute.aspx

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What do you call a method or library which is old and shouldn't be used anymore?

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