jargon, printer /chad/ (Or "selvage" /sel'v*j/ (sewing and
weaving), "
perf", "perfory", "snaf"). 1. The perforated
have been separated from the printed portion.
The term
perf may also refer to the perforations themselves,
rather than the chad they produce when torn.
[Why "snaf"?]
2. (Or "chaff", "computer confetti", "keypunch droppings") The
One of the
Jargon File's correspondents believed that "chad"
(1997-07-18)