1. compiler A huge volume of spurious error-messages output
one trivial
syntax error (such as a missing ")" or "}")
throws the
parser out of synch so that much of the remaining
program text, whether correct or not, is interpreted as
garbaged or ill-formed.
2.
messaging A chain of
Usenet followups, each adding some
trivial variation or riposte to the text of the previous one,
all of which is reproduced in the new message; an
includewar in which the object is to create a sort of communal
graffito.
3. networking A collection of interconneced networking
devices, typically
hubs, that allows those devices to act
(1997-07-17)