5 definitions by doctorgroove
Orphanware is software that was purchased and installed, but no person in the company was assigned to or has taken responsibility for its operation and maintenance.
The end result is software which may be running on critical production systems, but no one in the organization exists to provide critical updates, reconfigure features or options, resolve outages, or guide users who need assistance with issues. Orphanware, or software which has been orphaned, is at risk of an unrecoverable catastrophic failure.
Since Orphanware has been purchased and installed, but isn't actively managed or kept up-to-date, it is differentiated from Shelfware, which was purchased but never installed; and Vaporware, which was never released in the first place.
The end result is software which may be running on critical production systems, but no one in the organization exists to provide critical updates, reconfigure features or options, resolve outages, or guide users who need assistance with issues. Orphanware, or software which has been orphaned, is at risk of an unrecoverable catastrophic failure.
Since Orphanware has been purchased and installed, but isn't actively managed or kept up-to-date, it is differentiated from Shelfware, which was purchased but never installed; and Vaporware, which was never released in the first place.
All of our production software runs on Ubuntu and JBoss; after Bob, our only Windows/.NET expert left the company, all of our production Microsoft systems are Orphanware.
by doctorgroove July 15, 2011
"He's a redhead... I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes?"
"More importantly, does the carpet match the trunk rug?"
"Man, my trunk rug has gone full-on 70's shag... gotta shave that sucka."
"More importantly, does the carpet match the trunk rug?"
"Man, my trunk rug has gone full-on 70's shag... gotta shave that sucka."
by doctorgroove February 27, 2016
spit-zer-ize
Verb
1. The act of spending a large sum of money on an expensive prostitute, similar to how Eliot Spitzer spent large sums of money on prostitute Ashley Dupre.
Verb
1. The act of spending a large sum of money on an expensive prostitute, similar to how Eliot Spitzer spent large sums of money on prostitute Ashley Dupre.
by doctorgroove July 11, 2008
Suicide By PMS can be best understood as an individual (typically though not exclusive to the male gender) intentionally or unintentionally aggravates a woman during her monthly menstrual cycle, with the result being a verbal lashing or character assassination.
Similar to suicide by cop, where a perpetrator feigns use of a weapon during an armed standoff with law enforcement, with the end goal being execution under false pretenses.
Similar to suicide by cop, where a perpetrator feigns use of a weapon during an armed standoff with law enforcement, with the end goal being execution under false pretenses.
“Hey man, someone outta warn Dale.”
“Why, what’s up?”
“He’s picking a fight with Liliana, and she’s on the rag.”
“Oh christ - we should step in before he commits Suicide by PMS”.
“Why, what’s up?”
“He’s picking a fight with Liliana, and she’s on the rag.”
“Oh christ - we should step in before he commits Suicide by PMS”.
by doctorgroove January 28, 2019
Similar to Corn Rows (also Cornrows), an ancient traditional African hair style, but worn by an individual with naturally red hair. Linguistically a combination of "corn rows" and "carrot top".
by doctorgroove May 25, 2018