:demented: adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a
program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as
designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program
that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages,
implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. Compare
{wonky}, {bozotic}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as
designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program
that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages,
implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. Compare
{wonky}, {bozotic}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- demented adj.
Yet another term of disgust used to
describe a malfunctioning program.
The connotation in this case is that the program... - BAD: /B-A-D/ [IBM: acronym, `Broken As Designed'] adj.
Said of a program that is {bogus} because of bad... - suitably small: [perverted from mathematical jargon] adj.
An expression used ironically to characterize unquantifiable... - wonky: /wong'kee/ [from Australian slang] adj. Yet another
approximate synonym for {broken}.
Specifically connotes a malfunction that produces... - smart: adj. Said of a program that does the {Right Thing} in a
wide variety of complicated circumstances.
There is a difference between calling a program... - infinite: adj. Consisting of a large number of objects;
extreme. Used very loosely as in: "This program... - rococo: adj. {Baroque} in the extreme. Used to imply that a
program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of
gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the
underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of... - working as designed: [IBM] adj. 1. In conformance to a wrong or
inappropriate specification;
useful, but misdesigned. 2. Frequently used as a... - massage: vt. Vague term used to describe `smooth' transformations of
a data set into a different form,
esp. transformations that do not lose information...
