doorstop n.
Used to describe equipment that is
non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially
obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly
as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3
will turn into a doorstop." Compare boat anchor.
Used to describe equipment that is
non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially
obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly
as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3
will turn into a doorstop." Compare boat anchor.
Related:
- doorstop n.
Used to describe equipment that is
non-functional and halfway expected to remain so,
especially obsolete equipment kept around for political... - boat anchor n.
[common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop
but more severe;
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly... - boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe;
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly... - dead adj.
1. Non-functional; down; crashed.
Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not... - How should we amortize the cost of the equipment over
its expected lifetime... - double DECkers: n. Used to describe married couples in which both
partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
The AI Hackers... - blinkenlights /blink'*n-li:tz/ n.
[common] Front-panel
diagnostic lights on a computer,
esp. a dinosaur. Now that dinosaurs are rare, this... - Amigas are great for multitasking -
paperweight AND doorstop... - DEC /dek/ n.
1. v. Verbal (and only rarely
written) shorthand for decrement,
i.e. `decrease by one'. Especially used by assembly...
From the same category:
- recursion n.
See recursion.
See also tail recursion... - go-faster stripes n.
[UK] Syn. chrome.
Mainstream in some parts of UK... - PBD /P-B-D/ n.
[abbrev.
of `Programmer Brain Damage'] Applied to bug reports... - flavor n.
1. [common] Variety, type, kind. "DDT
commands come in two flavors." "These lights come in two
flavors,
big red ones and small green ones." "Linux is a flavor... - restriction n.
A bug or design error that limits a
program's capabilities,
and which is sufficiently egregious that nobody...
