Purple Wire: [IBM] N. Wire Installed By Field Engineers To Work Around Problems Discovered During Testing Or Debugging.

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:purple wire: [IBM] n. Wire installed by Field Engineers to work
around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are
called `purple wires' even when (as is frequently the case) their
actual physical color is yellow.... Compare {blue wire},
{yellow wire}, and {red wire}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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