Robert A.'s definitions

Booch's Law

A new system design method is proven by successful creating a system from it.

According to Booch's Law, Qualculus is a legitmate approach to designing a computer system.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Data Rot

Data degraded or no longer readable because of media wear or hardware no longer viable.

Those reel to reel tape are over 10 years old. We no longer have the equipment to read them. Someone should have put the data on a disk instead of letting it go to Data Rot.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Plasoids

Data that changes from one form to another. See also Qualculus.

Using a seris of plasoids I can encrypt my password and send it in an e-mail

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

Slack Time Error

An error caused by scheduling an event past the time it will be looked for.

That problem occured because of a Slack Time Error. The trigger file was written but the program expecting it had already timed out.

by Robert A. August 12, 2004

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

Qualculus

An emerging field of mathematics used to model a system with computers.

Teaching Biochemistry was the first use of Qualculus

by Robert A. August 12, 2004