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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>coaster</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="co-lo.html" title="co-lo"/><link rel="next" href="coaster-toaster.html" title="coaster toaster"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">coaster</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="co-lo.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="coaster-toaster.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="coaster"/><dt xmlns="" id="coaster"><b>coaster</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to
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writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the coaster-like
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shape of a CD, and the relative value of these failures. “<span class="quote">I made a
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lot of coasters before I got a good CD.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$,
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Prodigy, ad nauseam.</p></dd><dd><p>In the U.K., <span class="firstterm">beermat</span> is often
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