condom

3 definitions found

condom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  condom
      n 1: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber
           or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
           [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]

condom - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  condom
  
     1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch
     microfloppy diskettes.  Rarely, also used of (paper) disk
     envelopes.  Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when
     left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also
     been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms
     attempt to access the disk - and can even fatally frustrate
     insertion.
  
     2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.
  
     3. "keyboard condom": A flexible, transparent plastic cover
     for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against
     dust and programming fluid without impeding typing.
  
     4. "elephant condom": the plastic shipping bags used inside
     cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-03-14)
  

condom - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  condom
   n.
  
     1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy
     diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the
     write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the
     practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure rate
     as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk -- and can even
  fatally
     frustrate insertion.
  
     2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.
  
     3. keyboard condom: A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a
     keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and
     programming fluid without impeding typing.
  
     4. elephant condom: the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard
     boxes to protect hardware in transit.
  
     5. n. obs. A dummy directory /usr/tmp/sh, created to foil the Great Worm
      by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So named
  in
     the title of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the Worm
     crisis, and again in the text of The Internet Worm Program: An
     Analysis, Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-823.