crudware /kruhd'weir/ n.
Pejorative term for the hundreds
of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's
groups and BBS systems in the micro-hobbyist world. "Yet
another set of disk catalog utilities for MS-DOS?
What crudware!"
Pejorative term for the hundreds
of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's
groups and BBS systems in the micro-hobbyist world. "Yet
another set of disk catalog utilities for MS-DOS?
What crudware!"
Related:
- crudware: /kruhd'weir/ n. Pejorative term for the hundreds of
megabytes of low-quality {freeware} circulated by user's groups
and BBS systems in the micro-hobbyist world.
"Yet *another* set of disk catalog utilities for... - BBS /B-B-S/ n.
[common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board
System'] An electronic bulletin board system;
that is, a message database where people can log... - BBS: /B-B-S/ [abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] n.
An electronic bulletin board system; that is, a... - MS-DOS:: /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n.
A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together... - 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... - all-elbows: [MS-DOS] adj. Of a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident)
IBM PC program,
such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities... - beep n.,v.
Syn. feep. This term is techspeak under
MS-DOS and OS/2,
and seems to be generally preferred among micro ... - ANSI /an'see/
1. n. [techspeak] The American National
Standards Institute.
ANSI, along with the International Organization ... - freeware n.
[common] Free software, often written by
enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups,
or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, Usenet...
From the same category:
- digit n.,obs.
An employee of Digital Equipment
Corporation.
See also VAX, VMS, PDP-10, TOPS-10, field circus... - holy wars n.
[from Usenet, but may predate it;
common] n.
flame wars over religious issues. The paper by... - womble n.
[Unisys UK: from British cartoon characters]
A user who has great difficulty in communicating their requirements
and/or in using the resulting software.
Extreme case of luser. An... - wizard hat n.
[also, after Terry Pratchett, `pointy
hat'] Notional headgear worn by whoever is the wizard in a
particular context.
The implication is that it's a transferable role... - provocative maintenance n.
[common ironic mutation of `preventive maintenance']...
