:same-day service: n. Ironic term used to describe long response
time, particularly with respect to {{MS-DOS}} system calls (which
ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute).
Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write
programs that are not {well-behaved}. See also {PC-ism}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
time, particularly with respect to {{MS-DOS}} system calls (which
ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute).
Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write
programs that are not {well-behaved}. See also {PC-ism}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- same-day service: n. Ironic term used to describe long response
time,
particularly with respect to {{MS-DOS}} system calls... - 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... - MS-DOS:: /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n.
A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together... - 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... - hog: n.,vt. 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that
seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources,
esp. those which noticeably degrade interactive response... - MS-DOS /M-S-dos/ n.
[MicroSoft Disk Operating System] A
clone of CP/M for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by
hacker Tim Paterson at Seattle Computer Products,
who called the original QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating... - well-behaved: adj. 1. [primarily {{MS-DOS}}] Said of software
conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
Well-behaved software uses the operating system to... - multitask: n. Often used of humans in the same meaning it has for
computers,
to describe a person doing several things at once (but... - 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...
