barbed wire

n : strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent

passage

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)