feature creep n.
[common] The result of creeping featurism, as in "Emacs has a bad case of feature
creep".
[common] The result of creeping featurism, as in "Emacs has a bad case of feature
creep".
Related:
- creeping featurism /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n.
[common] 1.
Describes a systematic tendency to load more chrome... - feature n.
1. [common] A good property or behavior (as
of a program).
Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2... - creeping featurism: /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. 1. Describes a
systematic tendency to load more {chrome} and {feature}s onto
systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed
when originally designed.
See also {feeping creaturism}. "You know, the main... - feature creature n.
[poss. fr. slang `creature feature'
for a horror movie] 1.
One who loves to add features to designs or programs... - creep v.
To advance, grow, or multiply inexorably.
In hackish usage this verb has overtones of menace... - case and paste n.
[from `cut and paste'] 1. The
addition of a new feature to an existing system by selecting
the code from an existing feature and pasting it in with minor
changes.
Common in telephony circles because most operations... - case and paste: [from `cut and paste'] n. 1. The addition of a new
{feature} to an existing system by selecting the code from an
existing feature and pasting it in with minor changes.
Common in telephony circles because most operations... - miswart /mis-wort/ n.
[from wart by analogy with
misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a
wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing.
For example, in some versions of the EMACS text... - undocumented feature n.
See feature...
From the same category:
- drop-ins n.
[prob. by analogy with drop-outs]
Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result
of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort.
Esp. used when these... - breedle n.
See feep... - troglodyte n.
[Commodore] 1. A hacker who never leaves his
cubicle.
The term `gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also... - neophilia /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n.
The trait of being
excited and pleased by novelty.
Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members... - scag vt.
To destroy the data on a disk, either by
corrupting the
filesystem or by causing media damage.
"That last power hit scagged the system disk." Compare...
