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ocial science number n. // [IBM] A statistic that is content-free, or nearly so.
A measure derived via methods of questionable validity from data of a dubious and vague nature....
ock puppet n. [Usene
odium substrate n. Syn salt substrate.
oft boot n. See boot.
oftcopy /soft'kop-ee/ n. [by analogy with `hardcopy'] A machine-readable form of corresponding hardcopy.
See bits, machinable....
oftware bloat n. The results of second-system effect or creeping featuritis.
Commonly cited examples include ls(1), X, BSD, Missed'em-five...
oftware hoarding n.
oftware laser n. An optical laser works by bouncing photons back and forth between two mirrors, one totally reflective and one partially reflective.
If the lasing material (usually a cry...
oftware rot n. Term used to describe the tendency of software that has not been used in a while to lose
uch failure may be semi-humorously ascribed to bit rot. More commonly, `software...
oftwarily /soft-weir'i-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to software.
The system is softwarily unreliable." The adjective **`softwary' is not used....

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