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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>demented</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="delta.html" title="delta"/><link rel="next" href="demigod.html" title="demigod"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">demented</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="delta.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="demigod.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="demented"/><dt xmlns="" id="demented"><b>demented</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning
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program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as
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designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that
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