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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>marginal</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="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="marbles.html" title="marbles"/><link rel="next" href="marginally.html" title="marginally"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">marginal</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="marbles.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="marginally.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="marginal"/><dt xmlns="" id="marginal"><b>marginal</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. [techspeak] An extremely small change. “<span class="quote">A marginal
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increase in <a href="../C/core.html"><i class="glossterm">core</i></a> can decrease
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<a href="../G/GC.html"><i class="glossterm">GC</i></a> time drastically.</span>” In everyday terms, this
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means that it is a lot easier to clean off your desk if you have a spare
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place to put some of the junk while you sort through it. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Of little merit. “<span class="quote">This proposed new feature seems rather
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marginal to me.</span>”</p></dd><dd><p> 3. Of extremely small probability of <a href="../W/win.html"><i class="glossterm">win</i></a>ning.
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“<span class="quote">The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it
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fried.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="marbles.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="marginally.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">marbles </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> marginally</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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