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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>condom</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="condition-out.html" title="condition out"/><link rel="next" href="confuser.html" title="confuser"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">condom</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="condition-out.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="confuser.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="condom"/><dt xmlns="" id="condom"><b>condom</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy
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diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write
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protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of
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<a href="../S/SEX.html"><i class="glossterm">SEX</i></a> but has also been shown to have a high failure
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rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk — and can even
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fatally frustrate insertion. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The protective cladding on a <a href="../L/light-pipe.html"><i class="glossterm">light pipe</i></a>.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="firstterm">keyboard condom</span>: A
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flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide
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some protection against dust and <a href="../P/programming-fluid.html"><i class="glossterm">programming fluid</i></a>
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without impeding typing. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. <span class="firstterm">elephant condom</span>: the
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plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in
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transit. </p></dd><dd><p> 5. <span class="grammar">n. obs.</span> A dummy directory
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<tt class="filename">/usr/tmp/sh</tt>, created to foil the
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<a href="../G/Great-Worm.html"><i class="glossterm">Great Worm</i></a> by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So
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named in the title of a <tt class="systemitem">comp.risks</tt> article by Gene Spafford during
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the Worm crisis, and again in the text of <i class="citetitle">The Internet Worm
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Program: An Analysis</i>, Purdue Technical Report
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CSD-TR-823.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="condition-out.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="confuser.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">condition out </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> confuser</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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