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Boneyard N. Where You Send Old Iron (q. V.) When It Costs More To Plug It In Than To Throw It Away.
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Boneyard n. Where you send Old Iron (q. v.) when it
costs more to plug it in than to throw it away.
-- IBM Jargon File
Related:
The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.
-- Murphy's Military Laws, #35...
You are getting old if you can remember when Ethyl gas cost more because lead was added to the gas.
Now, leaded gas costs less than regular gas. It is enough to make you fume!...
diff /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) source code or documents (the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare vdiff....
diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) source code or documents (the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare {vdiff}....
pool file n. Any file to which data is spooled to await the next stage of processing.
Especially used in circumstances where spooling the data copes with a mismatch between speeds in two devices or pieces of software....
pool file: n. Any file to which data is {spool}ed to await the next stage of processing.
Especially used in circumstances where spooling the data copes with a mismatch between speeds in two devices or pieces of software....
old fart: n. Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with remarkable frequency by (esp.
) USENETters who have been programming for more than about 25 yea...
The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay!
Vile's Law of Value: The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs.