boat anchor n.
[common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop
but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is
irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard
once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A
person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still
working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist
system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more
affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
[common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop
but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is
irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard
once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A
person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still
working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist
system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more
affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
Related:
- boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe;
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly... - doorstop n.
Used to describe equipment that is
non-functional and halfway expected to remain so,
especially obsolete equipment kept around for political... - doorstop: n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and
halfway expected to remain so,
especially obsolete equipment kept around for political... - bum
1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or
space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum... - fry
1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing
hardware failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - hog n.,vt.
1. Favored term to describe programs or
hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's
resources,
esp. those which noticeably degrade interactive ... - dead adj.
1. Non-functional; down; crashed.
Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not... - beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.
1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used... - DDT /D-D-T/ n.
[from the insecticide
para-dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethene] 1.
Generic term for a program that assists in debugging...
