robert a.'s definitions

Ghosting

A glitch in an application or environment, where the text displayed is not the text being edited.

Vi is prone to Ghosting.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Blister

Computer code that is used to link tables in a database without using SQL.

I can not write an SQL program to insert that data, there's a Blister in the system.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Toy Code

A small computer program written just to see if a concept or idea works,

I wrote some Toy Code and it works so now I'll write the full blown program.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Planet

In Qualculus a body of knowledge you may assume to be true.

She voted for him because he believed that he would do what he promised. She apparently did not have his past performance record in her planet.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Das Syndrome

When a programing project does not have enough computer programmers to do the maintenace and development.

After laying off John, the system integration project fell victim to the Das Syndrome.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004