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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>computer confetti</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="CompuServe.html" title="Compu$erve"/><link rel="next" href="computron.html" title="computron"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">computer confetti</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="CompuServe.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="computron.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="computer-confetti"/><dt xmlns="" id="computer-confetti"><b>computer confetti</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Syn. <a href="chad.html"><i class="glossterm">chad</i></a>. [obs.] Though this term was
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common at one time, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as
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the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
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GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a
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few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice. The groom
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later grumbled that he and his bride had spent most of the evening trying
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to get the stuff out of their hair.</p><p>[2001 update: this term has passed out of use for two reasons; (1)
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the stuff it describes is now quite rare, and (2) the term
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<a href="chad.html"><i class="glossterm">chad</i></a>, which was half-forgotten in 1990, has enjoyed
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a revival. —ESR]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="CompuServe.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="computron.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Compu$erve<76></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>computron</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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