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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dusty deck</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="dumpster-diving.html" title="dumpster diving"/><link rel="next" href="DWIM.html" title="DWIM"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dusty deck</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dumpster-diving.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="DWIM.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dusty-deck"/><dt xmlns="" id="dusty-deck"><b>dusty deck</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to
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remain compatible with, or to maintain (<a href="DP.html"><i class="glossterm">DP</i></a> types
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call this <span class="firstterm">legacy code</span>, a term hackers
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consider smarmy and excessively reverent). The term implies that the
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software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used esp. when
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referring to old scientific and <a href="../N/number-crunching.html"><i class="glossterm">number-crunching</i></a>
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software, much of which was written in FORTRAN and very poorly documented
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but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See
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<a href="../F/fossil.html"><i class="glossterm">fossil</i></a>; compare
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<a href="../C/crawling-horror.html"><i class="glossterm">crawling horror</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dumpster-diving.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="DWIM.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dumpster diving </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DWIM</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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