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Oftwarily /soft-weir'i-lee/ Adv. In A Way Pertaining To Software.
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softwarily /soft-weir'i-lee/ adv.
In a way pertaining to
software. "The system is softwarily unreliable." The adjective
**`softwary' is not used. See hardwarily.
Related:
oftwarily: /soft-weir'i-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to software.
"The system is softwarily unreliable." The adjective **`softwary' is *not* used....
hardwarily /hard-weir'*-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to hardware.
The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective `hardwary' is not traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U....
hardwarily: /hard-weir'*-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to hardware.
The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective `hardwary' is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U....
WEAR-OUT BITS n. A hypothetical (and sought after) mechanism by which software houses could charge for software preventive maintenance, and thus make a fortune.
The idea is that some instructions in the machine would become softwarily unreliable after N executions....
happily adv. Of software, used to emphasize that a program is unaware of some important fact about its environme
either because it has been fooled into believing a lie, or because it doesn't care....
cheerfully adv. See happily.
UNIX should be used as an adjective. -- AT&T
TRANSPARENT: Being or pertaining to an existing, nontangible object.
"It's there, but you can't see it" -- IBM System/360 announcement, 1964....
drop-outs n. 1. A variety of `power glitch' (see glitch)
momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains. 2....