English Dictionary
◊ NEW JERSEY
New Jersey
n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13
colonies [syn: {New Jersey}, {Garden State}]
2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States
[syn: {New Jersey}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ NEW JERSEY
New Jersey
[Primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor
design. This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such
software as {C}, {C::} and {Unix} (which originated at {Bell
Labs} in Murray Hill, New Jersey). "This compiler bites the
bag, but what can you expect from a compiler designed in New
Jersey?" Compare {Berkeley Quality Software}. See also {Unix
conspiracy}.