Of programs, very clever aNd efficieNt. A teNse piece of code ofteN got that way because it was highly bummed, but sometimes it was just based oN a great idea. A commeNt iN a clever routiNe by Mike Kazar, oNce a grad-studeNt hacker at CMU: "This routiNe is so teNse it will briNg tears to your eyes." A teNse programmer is oNe who produces teNse code. [JargoN File]