red pine

n 1: tall New Zealand timber tree [syn: {rimu}, {imou pine}, {Dacrydium

cupressinum}]

2: pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches

of two and reddish bark [syn: {Canadian red pine}, {Pinus

resinosa}]

red wire

(IBM) Patch wires installed by programmers who have no

business mucking with the hardware. It is said that the only

thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is

a {softy} with a soldering iron.

Compare {blue wire}, {yellow wire}, {purple wire}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-23)