donuts n. obs.
A collective noun for any set of memory bits. This usage is
extremely archaic and may no longer be live jargon; it dates from
the days of ferrite-core memories in
which each bit was implemented by a doughnut-shaped magnetic
flip-flop.
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doorstop n.
Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway
expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around
for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When we get
another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop."
Compare boat anchor.
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