lossage

2 definitions found

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

  lossage
  
     <jargon> /los'*j/ The result of a bug or malfunction.  This
     is a mass or collective noun.  "What a loss!" and "What
     lossage!"  are nearly synonymous.  The former is slightly more
     particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the latter
     implies a continuing lose of which the speaker is currently
     a victim.  Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is
     a loss, but bugs in an important tool (like a compiler) are
     serious lossage.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-04-19)
  

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

  lossage
   /los'@j/, n.
  
     [very common] The result of a bug or malfunction. This is a mass or
     collective noun. "What a loss!" and "What lossage!" are nearly
     synonymous. The former is slightly more particular to the speaker's
     present circumstances; the latter implies a continuing lose of
  which
     the speaker is currently a victim. Thus (for example) a temporary
     hardware failure is a loss, but bugs in an important tool (like a
     compiler) are serious lossage.