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

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

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

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

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