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Oppage: /sto'p*j/ N. Extreme {lossage} That Renders Something (usually Something Vital) Completely Unusable.
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:stoppage: /sto'p*j/ n. Extreme {lossage} that renders
something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The
recent system stoppage was caused by a {fried} transformer."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
oppage /sto'p*j/ n. Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable.
The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer....
winnage: /win'*j/ n. The situation when a lossage is corrected, or when something is winning.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
crewage: /skroo'*j/ n. Like {lossage} but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
howstopper: n. A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable
one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on....
prestidigitization: /pres`t*-di`j*-ti:-zay'sh*n/ n.
1. The act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand....
winnage /win'*j/ n. The situation when a lossage is corrected, or when something is winning.
ABEND: [ABnormal END] /o'bend/, /*-bend'/ n. Abnormal termination (of software)
{crash}; {lossage}. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360...
oast: 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp.
one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ....
POM: /P-O-M/ n. Common abbreviation for {phase of the moon}.
Usage: usually in the phrase `POM-dependent', which means {flaky}....