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Easter egg

Easter egg (plural Easter eggs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. chocolate egg as Easter gift: a chocolate egg given as a gift to children at Easter

2. North America coloured hen's egg for Easter: a hen's egg that has been dyed, painted, or decorated for Easter, often hidden for children to find in an Easter egg hunt

3. hidden element of a computer program: a secret message, graphic, animation, or sound effect hidden in a computer program and activated by a specific undocumented sequence of keystrokes. An Easter egg is typically intended as a harmless joke or as a way to display the credits of the program's development team.

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