Related:

• golden adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to describe a magnetic medium (e.
  g., `golden disk', `golden tape'), describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version....
• platinum-iridium: adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
  Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris....
• platinum-iridium adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
  Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris....
• Silence is golde
• The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. SHAW
• wank: /wangk/ [Columbia University: prob. by mutation from Commonwealth slang v.
  `wank', to masturbate] n.,v. Used much as {hack} is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such cleverness....
• cratch: 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purpose
  one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'....
• usty memory: n. Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (esp.
  ape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in {washing machine}s)....
• moke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
  The new version smoked, just like the last one....