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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doorstop \Door"stop`\, n. (Carp.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place the shutting of a door. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doorstop n : a device that stops open doors from moving [syn: {doorstopper}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: doorstop 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}. [{Jargon File}]
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