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• chad /chad/ n. 1. [common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
  Also called selvage, perf, and ripoff 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape...
• computer confetti: n. Syn. {chad}. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice....
• perf: /perf/ n. Syn. {chad} (sense 1). The term `perfory' /per'f*-ree/ is also heard.
  The term {perf} may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn....
• computer confetti n. Syn. chad. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice....
• perf /perf/ n. Syn. chad (sense 1). The term `perfory' /per'f*-ree/ is also heard.
  The term perf may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn (philatelists use it this way)....
• boot v.,n. [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
  This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon....
• chad box: n. A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the {chad} (sense 2) that accumulated in {Iron Age} card punches.
  You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box....
• elvage /sel'v*j/ n. [from sewing and weaving] See chad (sense 1).
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....