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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>elephantine</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="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="elegant.html" title="elegant"/><link rel="next" href="elevator-controller.html" title="elevator controller"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">elephantine</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="elegant.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="elevator-controller.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="elephantine"/><dt xmlns="" id="elephantine"><b>elephantine</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous
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<a href="../H/hog.html"><i class="glossterm">hog</i></a>s (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
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<a href="../B/brute-force-and-ignorance.html"><i class="glossterm">brute force and ignorance</i></a>) and exceedingly
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<a href="../H/hairy.html"><i class="glossterm">hairy</i></a> in source form. An elephantine program may be
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functional and even friendly, but (as in the old joke about being in bed
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with an elephant) it's tough to have around all the same (and, like a
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pachyderm, difficult to maintain). In extreme cases, hackers have been
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known to make trumpeting sounds or perform expressive proboscatory mime at
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the mention of the offending program. Usage: semi-humorous. Compare
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‘has the elephant nature’ and the somewhat more pejorative
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<a href="../M/monstrosity.html"><i class="glossterm">monstrosity</i></a>. See also
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<a href="../S/second-system-effect.html"><i class="glossterm">second-system effect</i></a> and <a href="../B/baroque.html"><i class="glossterm">baroque</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="elegant.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="elevator-controller.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">elegant<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>elevator controller</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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