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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  weeds 
  n  1:  a  black  garment  (dress)  worn  by  a  widow  as  a  sign  of 
  mourning  [syn:  {widow's  weeds}] 
  2:  a  black  band  worn  by  a  man  (on  the  arm  or  hat)  as  a  sign  of 
  mourning  [syn:  {mourning  band}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  weeds  n.  1.  Refers  to  development  projects  or  algorithms  that 
  have  no  possible  relevance  or  practical  application.  Comes  from  `off 
  in  the  weeds'.  Used  in  phrases  like  "lexical  analysis  for  microcode  is 
  serious  weeds...."  2.  At  CDC/ETA  before  its  demise,  the  phrase  `go  off 
  in  the  weeds'  was  equivalent  to  IBM's  {branch  to  Fishkill}  and  mainstream 
  hackerdom's  {jump  off  into  never-never  land}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  weeds 
 
  1.  Refers  to  development  projects  or  {algorithm}s  that  have  no 
  possible  relevance  or  practical  application.  Comes  from  "off 
  in  the  weeds".  Used  in  phrases  like  "lexical  analysis  for 
  {microcode}  is  serious  weeds." 
 
  2.  At  {CDC}/{ETA}  before  its  demise,  the  phrase  "go  off  in  the 
  weeds"  was  equivalent  to  {IBM}'s  {branch  to  Fishkill}  and 
  mainstream  hackerdom's  {jump  off  into  never-never  land}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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