deserted

adj 1: left desolate or empty; "an abandoned child"; "their

deserted wives and children"; "an abandoned shack";

"deserted villages" [syn: {abandoned}]

2: remote from civilization; "the victim was lured to a

deserted spot"

demented

Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The

connotation in this case is that the program works as

designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a

program that generates large numbers of meaningless error

messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent

collapse.

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(1994-12-07)