detected

adj 1: perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic

material" [ant: {undetected}]

2: perceived with the mind; "he winced at the detected flicker

of irony in her voice"

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.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-07)