all-elbows adj.
[MS-DOS] Of a TSR
(terminate-and-stay-resident) IBM PC program, such as the N
pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS
systems: unsociable. Used to describe a program that rudely steals
the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may
also be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is
lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyboard interrupt. See
rude, also mess-dos.
[MS-DOS] Of a TSR
(terminate-and-stay-resident) IBM PC program, such as the N
pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS
systems: unsociable. Used to describe a program that rudely steals
the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may
also be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is
lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyboard interrupt. See
rude, also mess-dos.
Related:
- all-elbows adj.
[MS-DOS] Of a TSR
(terminate-and-stay-resident) IBM PC program,
such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities... - ill-behaved adj.
1. [numerical analysis] Said of an
algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of
accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined OS interfaces... - same-day service n.
Ironic term used to describe long
response time,
particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls... - ill-behaved: adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or
computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated
roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined {OS} interfaces... - ANSI /an'see/
1. n. [techspeak] The American National
Standards Institute.
ANSI, along with the International Organization ... - same-day service: n. Ironic term used to describe long response
time,
particularly with respect to {{MS-DOS}} system calls... - filter n.
[very common; orig. Unix, now also in
MS-DOS] A program that processes an input data stream into an
output data stream in some well-defined way,
and does no I/O to anywhere else except possibly... - monty /mon'tee/ n.
1. [US Geological Survey] A
program with a ludicrously complex user interface written to
perform extremely trivial tasks.
An example would be a menu-driven, button clicking... - box: n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box'
where foo is some functional qualifier,
like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `UNIX...
