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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Frankenputer</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fragile.html" title="fragile"/><link rel="next" href="fred.html" title="fred"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Frankenputer</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fragile.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fred.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Frankenputer"/><dt xmlns="" id="Frankenputer"><b>Frankenputer</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A mostly-working computer thrown together from the spare parts of
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several machines out of which the <a href="../M/magic-smoke.html"><i class="glossterm">magic smoke</i></a> had
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been let. Most shops have a closet full of nonworking machines. When a
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new machine is needed immediately (for testing, for example) and there is
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no time (or budget) to requisition a new box, someone (often an intern) is
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tasked with building a Frankenputer. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Also used in referring to a machine that once was a name-brand
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computer, but has been upgraded long beyond its useful life, to the point
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at which the nameplate violates truth-in-advertising laws (e.g., a Pentium
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III-class machine inexplicably living in a case marked “<span class="quote">Gateway
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486/66</span>”). </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fragile.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fred.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fragile </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> fred</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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