archaspec

Marketing copy used in advertisements and product literature, especially high-technology, that trumpets their high specifications and exciting new features that in the present day seem quaint or almost unbelieveable.
Also can be used to describe a product that is obsolete, laughably so.
eg. 'Fully expandable to 27K of RAM' (Commodore Vic 20 computer)

Even his cellphone was an archaspec - no bluetooth, no camera, just a brick with an antenna.

by Mark A. Urquhart-Webb August 5, 2006