elephantine adj.
Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy
monstrosity. See also
second-system effect and baroque.
Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy
monstrosity. See also
second-system effect and baroque.
Related:
- elephantine: adj. Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous {hog}s (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
{brute force and ignorance}) and exceedingly {hairy} in source
form.
An elephantine program may be functional and even friendly... - second-system effect: n. (sometimes, more euphoniously,
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the... - monstrosity
1. n. A ridiculously elephantine program
or system,
esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional... - second-system effect n.
(sometimes, more euphoniously,
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the... - monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or
system,
esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's... - baroque adj.
[common] Feature-encrusted; complex;
gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp... - baroque: adj. Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on
excessive.
Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has... - BFI /B-F-I/ n.
See brute force and ignorance. Also
encountered in the variants `BFMI',
`brute force and massive ignorance' and `BFBI' `brute...
From the same category:
- quad n.
1. Two bits; syn. for quarter, crumb,
tayste.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare hex, sense 2)... - flytrap n.
[rare] See firewall machine... - footprint n.
1. The floor or desk area taken up by a piece
of hardware.
2. [IBM] The audit trail (if any) left by a crashed... - giga- /ji'ga/ or /gi'ga/ pref.
[SI] See quantifiers... - Foonly n.
1. The PDP-10 successor that was to have
been built by the Super Foonly project at the Stanford Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory along with a new operating system.
(The name...
