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De - Pt| English Dictionary: doorstop | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for doorstop | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Doorstop \Door"stop`\, n. (Carp.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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doorstop n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop." Compare {boat anchor}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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doorstop Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop." Compare {boat anchor}. [{Jargon File}] | |
