Portable - When referring to hardware: Has a handle and weighs less than 100
pounds. But note that most portable computers require an electrical outlet.
When referring to software: takes a team of 10 expert programmers no more
than a year to convert. The Unix system is a portable operating system in
this sense.
pounds. But note that most portable computers require an electrical outlet.
When referring to software: takes a team of 10 expert programmers no more
than a year to convert. The Unix system is a portable operating system in
this sense.
Related:
- State-of-the-art - When referring to hardware: about five years behind the
best research labs.
When referring to software: about ten years behind... - Portable, adj.:
Survives system reboot... - Unix conspiracy n.
[ITS] According to a conspiracy theory
long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans,
Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during... - UNIX conspiracy: [ITS] n. According to a conspiracy theory long
popular among {{ITS}} and {{TOPS-20}} fans,
UNIX's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during... - software rot n.
Term used to describe the tendency of
software that has not been used in a while to lose;
such failure may be semi-humorously ascribed to... - Real computer scientists don't program in assembler.
They don't write in anything less portable than a number...
From the same category:
- Lend money to a bad debtor and he will
hate you... - Let each man exercise the art he
knows. --... - State license plates we'd like to see:
MICHIGAN CALIFORNIA 4-GET 74-77 EGO-MN... - We make so much sense around here it's
frightening... - Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose -
a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual...
