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• Saturday-night special n. [from police slang for a cheap handgun] A quick-and-dirty program or feature kluged together during off hou
  under a deadline, and in response to pressure from a salescritter....
• ot ready for prime time: adj. Usable, but only just so
  ot very robust; for internal use only. Said of a program or device....
• wonkie: /twon'kee/ n. The software equivalent of a Twinkie (a variety of sugar-loaded junk food, or (in gay slang) the male equivalent of `chick')
  a useless `feature' added to look sexy and placate a {marketroid} (compare {Saturday-night special})....
• quick-and-dirty: adj. Describes a {crock} put together under time or user pressure.
  Used esp. when you want to convey that you think the fast way might lead to trouble further down the road....
• oddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
  1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point....
• GCOS:: /jee'kohs/ n. A {quick-and-dirty} {clone} of System/360 DOS that emerged from GE around 1970
  originally called GECOS (the General Electric Comprehensive Operating System)....
• wizard mode: [from {rogue}] n. A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
  Generally not used for operating systems themselves (`root mode' or `wheel mode' would be used instead)....
• defenestration: [from the traditional Czechoslovakian method of assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom] n.
  1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster....
• ource of all good bits: n. A person from whom (or a place from which) useful information may be obtained.
  If you need to know about a program, a {guru} might be the source of all good bits....