co-lo /koh'loh`/ n.
[very common; first heard c.1995] Short for `co-location',
used of a machine you own that is physically sited on the
premises of an ISP in order to take advantage of the ISP's direct
access to lots of network bandwidthm. Often in the phrases `co-lo
box' or `co-lo machines'. Co-lo boxes are typically web and FTP
servers remote-administered by their owners, who may seldom or
never visit the actual site.
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coaster n.
1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to
writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the
coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these
failures. "I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2.
Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$,
Prodigy, ad nauseam.
In the U.K., `beermat' is often used in these senses.