Corporate Culture — acoustic privacy adhocracy al desko BHAG bozo explosion BYOD corpocracy corporate anorexia … New words
beerware — (BEER.wayr) n. Software in which the purchase price is to buy the developer a beer, drink a beer in the developer s name, or send the developer a case of beer. Also: BeerWare, beer ware. Example Citation: Computer coders, meet Coolform, a program … New words
careware — (CAYR.wayr) n. Computer software in which the only price is to do a good deed or donate something to charity. Example Citation: Do you need to design a Web site? Microsoft s FrontPage is a very capable program, but the 2002 version lists for $… … New words
coasterware — n. Software so bad or useless that it never gets installed. Example Citation: Its marketing plan has changed several times, and one analyst who is a SoftKey fan calls its products coasterware, because if you don t like the actual software you can … New words
fritterware — n. Feature laden software that seduces people into spending inordinate amounts of time tweaking various options for only marginal gains in productivity. Example Citation: Even without a modem, the computer offers vast possibilities for… … New words
herdware — n. Computer software that tracks cattle herds. Example Citation: And with mad cow disease still in the international news, herdware software for tracing cattle has entered parlance. Robert Uhlig, Chicago Sun Times Related Words: beerware careware … New words
malware — n. Computer viruses and other software designed to damage or disrupt a system. Also: mal ware. adj. Example Citations: As organizations rely on documents and e mail to store mission critical information, that data will require a higher level of… … New words
mission creep — n. The process by which a mission s methods and goals change gradually over time. Example Citations: As it is, the whole process has been subjected to mission creep , with attempts to write in clauses that have more to do with consumer protection … New words
mission from God — n. A crucially important task that must not fail; often used ironically. Example Citation: But amid the soul searching, it is unlikely that Nicholson, himself the object of an intraparty challenge this winter, can keep in check the passions and… … New words
regift — (REE.gift) v. To give as a gift something that one received as a gift. n. regifter n. Example Citation: Isn t selling wedding gifts kind of ... tacky? I called Angela ... at work to get her take. And Angela, now Angela Wichita, said she wasn t… … New words
